https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103111 --- Comment #6 from Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- I'll look at it when I have time... If you want to be sure to avoid data loss, you should use data integrity syscalls (fsync & friends): http://lwn.net/Articles/457667/ The auto-alloc heuristics are just that; if you want guarantees, call fsync. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- 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