Sorry to say, but this is the first point in the TODO List:
Checkpoint rollback
See http://www.nilfs.org/en/current_status.html

However, I wonder if this has been worked on being the first point, I
guess it should not be hard to do, isn't that what NILFS does on boot
after an unclean shutdown?


On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Rich Pixley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Can nilfs "roll back" to a previous state of the file system?
>
> For example, at some time = T(N), I have a file system in a known good state. 
>  So I check point it before taking a risky action.  Then I take a risky 
> action which leads me to the file system state at T(N+1).
>
> Sometimes, my risky action will be fine and I'll want to continue on.  Other 
> times, my risky action will result in a polluted, useless collection of data 
> which I would like to discard.
>
> I understand that at time T(N+1) nilfs will allow me to create a checkpoint 
> of T(N) which can be mounted read-only.  What I'm asking is if nilfs can 
> discard the state at T(N+1) and "roll back" to the state at T(N) as though 
> T(N+1) had never happened.
>
> Can nilfs do this kind of "roll back"?
>
> --rich
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