Re: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck?

[Norberto Bensa]

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Norberto Bensa <norberto+linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> >> XFS does not journal data.
> >
> > I think we all know that. The point, why the hell does it null files?
>
> Security.  You don't want old contents of /etc/shadow appear in random
> files after a crash.

Wow. You're telling me that XFS doesn't know if a given piece of the log is 
from file-a or file-b and just in case it zeroes its contents? 

If that's true, XFS has moved to my never-ever-use-it-again list.

Thanks,
Norberto
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