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Whither btrfsck?Whither btrfsck?Posted Oct 12, 2011 0:32 UTC (Wed) by lordsutch (guest, #53)In reply to: Whither btrfsck? by dlang Parent article: Whither btrfsck?
"for that matter, without something to check the filsystem, how will they even know that it's corrupted?"
More than likely the same way as with any other filesystem: kernel messages when file accesses are attempted. I don't know the default settings in mke2fs these days, but even if they're relatively conservative (on the order of every 10-20 mounts/30 days) a full filesystem check is a rare event on most Linux boxes.
Not to say that btrfsck isn't needed, but most of the time you're relying on what the kernel filesystem code is doing to maintain integrity no matter whether fsck is available or not.
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Whither btrfsck? Posted Oct 12, 2011 4:04 UTC (Wed) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
some forms of corruption will cause kernel messages to pop up, other forms of corruption will be silent and can gradually destroy other files the longer you use the filesystem.
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