On 3/16/2013 10:56 AM, Subranshu Patel wrote: > This is not observed in EXT4, fsck successfully recovers without > mounting the filesystem. And this is the real problem. You're *assuming* XFS should behave in the same manner as EXT4. Why would you assume a Ferrari should behave like a Tata Nano? XFS is far more sophisticated than EXT4 in many, many ways, including recovery after unclean shutdown. XFS kernel code performs journal playback/recovery automatically when the filesystem is mounted. xfs_repair is a tool for fixing filesystems that are broken, not simply in need of journal playback. Thus xfs_repair has no code to perform journal recovery. EXT4 (and EXT3) lacks this sophistication and must call a user space tool, e2fsck, to perform journal playback/recovery. XFS is the Ferrari of Linux filesystems and EXT is the Tata. Keep that in mind as you discover many of the other differences in the future. -- Stan _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
