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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-19 20:36:17 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-19 20:36:17 -0700 |
| commit | c00046c279a2521075250fad682ca0acc10d4fd7 (patch) | |
| tree | 78a7e9089c26f199ad9b0161bb564b7c1ca6daf9 /Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt | |
| parent | 9abbf7d028b1598b40ebdc81c48f30da7f3d5bf5 (diff) | |
| parent | 8e8a1407ac23b43cec0412338c1b4f5e1c664550 (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (74 commits)
fix do_sys_open() prototype
sysfs: trivial: fix sysfs_create_file kerneldoc spelling mistake
Documentation: Fix typo in SubmitChecklist.
Typo: depricated -> deprecated
Add missing profile=kvm option to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
fix typo about TBI in e1000 comment
proc.txt: Add /proc/stat field
small documentation fixes
Fix compiler warning in smount example program from sharedsubtree.txt
docs/sysfs: add missing word to sysfs attribute explanation
documentation/ext3: grammar fixes
Documentation/java.txt: typo and grammar fixes
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt: typo fix
include/asm-*/system.h: remove unused set_rmb(), set_wmb() macros
trivial copy_data_pages() tidy up
Fix typo in arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
file link fix for Pegasus USB net driver help
remove unused return within void return function
Typo fixes retrun -> return
x86 hpet.h: remove broken links
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt index 4aecc9bdb27..b45f3c1b8b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt @@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ Device layer. Journaling Block Device layer ----------------------------- -The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific. It was design to -add journaling capabilities on a block device. The ext3 filesystem code will -inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction). The -journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of crash, the -journal can replayed the transactions to put the partition back in a -consistent state fast. +The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific. It was designed +to add journaling capabilities to a block device. The ext3 filesystem code +will inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction). +The journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of a crash, +the journal can replay the transactions to quickly put the partition back into +a consistent state. Handles represent a single atomic update to a filesystem. JBD can handle an external journal on a block device. @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ written to the journal first, and then to its final location. In the event of a crash, the journal can be replayed, bringing both data and metadata into a consistent state. This mode is the slowest except when data needs to be read from and written to disk at the same time where it -outperforms all others modes. +outperforms all other modes. Compatibility ------------- |