Comment 110 for bug 317781

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Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 317781] Re: Ext4 data loss

Well what I was asking was if whatever patch that negates the issues
described in this bug report is going to be a part of 9.04 or not. We
can't expect applications to change their behavior overnight, it can
take years. Certainly not even by Jaunty +3.

Would forcing all dot files to be written to disk immediately be a
suitable fix?

David Tomaschik wrote:
> @Jeremy:
>
> If you look at the kernel docs, ext4 is considered stable. I personally
> haven't seen a problem with several systems running ext4. It only becomes
> an issue if your system is unstable and you're using software that "assumes"
> ext3 (and older) behavior.
>
> @all:
>
> I believe that having ext4 "mimic" the behavior of ext3 makes it ext3 with
> extents. I believe that would negate all of the purpose of delayed
> allocation. Theo would be able to explain it better.
>