Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4) on Nostr: VFS untorn write support was merged for #Linux 6.13: ...
VFS untorn write support was merged for #Linux 6.13:
https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/241c7ed4d4815cd7d9c52c8f97bf13181e32ca29
To quote nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqk352vqqexypzhrazj9lhah4yn9ulfma09kw4trsrvrs5p2wnmevqf3htxq (nprofile…htxq):
'"An atomic write is a write issed with torn-write protection. This means for a power failure or any hardware failure all or none of the data from the write will be stored, never a mix of old and new data. […] Since it's now possible to have filesystem block size > page size for XFS, it's possible to write 4K+ blocks atomically on x86"'
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https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/241c7ed4d4815cd7d9c52c8f97bf13181e32ca29
To quote nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqk352vqqexypzhrazj9lhah4yn9ulfma09kw4trsrvrs5p2wnmevqf3htxq (nprofile…htxq):
'"An atomic write is a write issed with torn-write protection. This means for a power failure or any hardware failure all or none of the data from the write will be stored, never a mix of old and new data. […] Since it's now possible to have filesystem block size > page size for XFS, it's possible to write 4K+ blocks atomically on x86"'
#kernel #LinuxKernel