Subject: Re: FFS and Journaling
To: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
From: Bill Stouder-Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/28/2007 10:01:42
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 06:24:41AM -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> On 3/27/07, Bill Stouder-Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org> wrote:
> >Also, if caching is turned on on a disk and we don't have something akin
> >to FUA (Force Unit Access) (or if we assert FUA and the device lies to us
> >about completion), then we can have a huge safety issue; we depend on
> >being able to know that the journal write has finished before moving on.
>=20
> What devices lie about this? Is there some info I can read somewhere
> about this problem?

I'm not aware of any, but I wanted to cover our bases.

Take care,

Bill

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