Andrew Clayton wrote: > Update the ext3 document with the fact that data=writeback is now the > default journaling mode. > > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Clayton <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- linux-2.6/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt.orig 2009-05-18 20:48:27.084220753 +0100 > +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt 2009-05-18 20:49:01.023225288 +0100 > @@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ > data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior to being > written into the main file system. > > -data=ordered (*) All data are forced directly out to the main file > +data=ordered All data are forced directly out to the main file > system prior to its metadata being committed to the > journal. > > -data=writeback Data ordering is not preserved, data may be written > +data=writeback (*) Data ordering is not preserved, data may be written > into the main file system after its metadata has been > committed to the journal. If we're updating this documentation, while we're at it we should add that the default is actually controlled by a new kernel config option, and also something along the lines of "this mode will produce file corruption on a power loss or unclean shutdown, and may lead to unintentional information disclosure." -Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
