:>
:> * Read or Write errors in the flush path disable flushing and force the
mount
:> into read-only mode. Modified buffers are left locked in memory until
:> umount to provide a consistent snapshot of the state of the filesystem.
:
:What would happen if the system runs out of memory? Will it die due to
:memory allocation issues, or will it detect that it is low on memory and
:return filesystem related errors.
The filesystem uses a limited amount of memory, which the system must
provide (and does provide). i.e. the M_HAMMER kmalloc pool.
:> You must umount and remount to recover the filesystem. The filesystem
:> will automatically rollback to the last valid flush upon remounting.
:
:That means, if I umount, I loose all the changes made on the locked
:in-memory buffers, right?
Correct. I will caution that you probably wouldn't want to keep them
anyway, since programs (apache, mysql, etc...) often do weird things
when file operations start to fail.
:> * umount and umount -f are now able to unmount a HAMMER filesystem that has
:> catastrophic write errors (e.g. pulling the USB cable on an external
:> drive).
:
:Cool, even though I am hoping not to come in a situation where this will
:be neccessary ;-)
:
:Regards,
:
: Michael
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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