History log of /linux-master/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst
Revision Date Author Comments
# bd5a594b 21-Mar-2023 Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

ext4: update doc about journal superblock description

Update the description in doc about the s_head parameter in the journal
superblock.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230322013353.1843306-4-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>


# 3103084a 19-May-2022 Wang Jianjian <wangjianjian3@huawei.com>

ext4, doc: remove unnecessary escaping

Signed-off-by: Wang Jianjian <wangjianjian3@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220520022255.2120576-2-wangjianjian3@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>


# fd7b23be 18-May-2021 Leah Rumancik <leah.rumancik@gmail.com>

ext4: update journal documentation

Add a section about journal checkpointing, including information about
the ioctl EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT which can be used to trigger a journal
checkpoint from userspace.

Also, update the journal allocation information to reflect that up to
10240000 blocks are used for the journal and that the journal is not
necessarily contiguous.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rumancik <leah.rumancik@gmail.com>

Changes in v5:
- clarify behavior of DRY_RUN flag
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210518151327.130198-3-leah.rumancik@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>


# b1b7dce3 19-Nov-2020 Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>

ext4: add docs about fast commit idempotence

Fast commit on-disk format is designed such that the replay of these
tags can be idempotent. This patch adds documentation in the code in
form of comments and in form kernel docs that describes these
characteristics. This patch also adds a TODO item needed to ensure
kernel fast commit replay idempotence.

Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201119232822.1860882-1-harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>


# a44ad683 05-Nov-2020 Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>

ext4: describe fast_commit feature flags

Fast commit feature has flags in the file system as well in JBD2. The
meaning of fast commit feature flags can get confusing. Update docs
and code to add more documentation about it.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201106035911.1942128-2-harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>


# f5b8b297 15-Oct-2020 Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>

doc: update ext4 and journalling docs to include fast commit feature

This patch adds necessary documentation for fast commits.

Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201015203802.3597742-2-harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>


# 8a98ec7c 05-Oct-2018 Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>

docs: promote the ext4 data structures book to top level

Move the ext4 data structures book to Documentation/filesystems/ext4/
since the administrative information moved elsewhere.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>