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On-disk format robustness requirements for new filesystems

On-disk format robustness requirements for new filesystems

Posted Aug 22, 2019 11:35 UTC (Thu) by mina86 (guest, #68442)
Parent article: On-disk format robustness requirements for new filesystems

To rephrase, it’s unfair to demand that new system calls have a “flags” field which allow for painless future expansion because existing system calls often lack that field.


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On-disk format robustness requirements for new filesystems

Posted Aug 23, 2019 19:42 UTC (Fri) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

Perhaps it makes sense for replacement calls that have shown a lot of pressure over time?

But globally it seems burdensome.


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