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We have a node chain to serialize node block writes, so if any IOs for node block writes are reordered, we'll get broken node chain. IOWs, roll-forward recovery will see all or none node blocks given fsync mark. E.g., Node chain consists of: N1 -> N2 -> N3 -> NFSYNC -> N1' -> N2' -> N'FSYNC Reordered to: 1) N1 -> N2 -> N3 -> N2' -> NFSYNC -> N'FSYNC -> power-cut 2) N1 -> N2 -> N3 -> N1' -> NFSYNC -> power-cut 3) N1 -> N2 -> NFSYNC -> N1' -> N'FSYNC -> N3 -> power-cut 4) N1 -> NFSYNC -> N1' -> N2' -> N'FSYNC -> N3 -> power-cut Roll-forward recovery can proceed to: 1) N1 -> N2 -> N3 -> NFSYNC -> X 2) N1 -> N2 -> N3 -> NFSYNC -> N1' -> X 3) N1 -> N2 -> N3 -> FSYNC -> N1' -> X 4) N1 -> X Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.