On 8/31/05, Hifumi Hisashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed that the Reiserfs has some problems related to meta-data > journaling. > I suppose that transactions regarding meta-data should be written to a > disk every meta-data change (for example, i_size is increased) in > ordered-mode while > synchronous writing is performed.
Surely we don't want this. Look at the papers on Namesys's websites, about the atomicaty and the banking example. But that's just my personal opinion. Besides, I believe it's more likely that usually the power gets lost than the SCSI or IDE cable gets disconnected, AFAIK... -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable.
