ext4 and data loss

Most people (by which I mean me) would probably want metadata changes that hasn't yet had it's corresponding blocks written out yet to be dropped instead of replayed. That is, see the old file rather than empty new one.

When we see these patches instead of the behaviour we expect, we're confused. Is the behaviour hard to implement for some reason, or are we wrong in expecting it?

Delayed allocation is fine but I think most people expect metadata to be delayed accordingly.