Fast commit on-disk format is designed such that the replay of these
tags can be idempotent. This patch adds documentation in the code in
form of comments and in form kernel docs that describes these
characteristics. This patch also adds a TODO item needed to ensure
kernel fast commit replay idempotence.
Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201119232822.1860882-1-harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fast commit feature has flags in the file system as well in JBD2. The
meaning of fast commit feature flags can get confusing. Update docs
and code to add more documentation about it.
Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201106035911.1942128-2-harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Move the ext4 data structures book to Documentation/filesystems/ext4/
since the administrative information moved elsewhere.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2018-10-05 19:20:08 -04:00
Renamed from Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/journal.rst (Browse further)
