Re: Linux 2.4.26 JFS: cannot mount

From: Matthias Andree
Date: Tue Jun 08 2004 - 17:39:14 EST


On Tue, 08 Jun 2004, Dave Kleikamp wrote:

> No, all of the code to replay the journal is in user space. JFS does
> allow a read-only mount when the superblock is dirty. This allows
> fsck.jfs to replay the journal while the root is mounted read-only. /
> can then be remounted rw after fsck runs.

So was the mount was refused because a) the read-only
option was missing while b) the file system needed a journal replay?

Interesting difference. XFS insists on replaying the log in kernel space
(user space can only zero the log), ext3 and reiserfs can replay the log
in kernel or user space whichever touches first...

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Matthias Andree

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