[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 15965 - eelco - nixos/branches/modular-nixos/modules/system/boot

[Michael Raskin]

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Eelco Dolstra wrote:
> Log:
> * Make fsck on journaling filesystems optional (enabled by default).
>   This is because fsck.ext3 takes several minutes to recover the
>   journal, whereas the ext3 implementation in the kernel only takes a
>   few seconds.  I'd love to know why this is the case...

As far as I know in-kernel journal replay means that kernel simply takes
journal and replays it. fsck.ext3 scans the inode list to check whether
all inodes have consistent status.
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