ext3 Bug in 2.4.20

[Andrew Mathews]

m.w.chang wrote:
> why not fix the unmount commands? make ti to do a sync;sync;sync always.
> 
> 
>>In data=journal mode the data is left dirty in memory and the unmount
>>will silently discard it.
>>-----
>>
>>A posted patch didn't fix the problem. So, don't use "data=journal"
>>mode. The default is "data=ordered" mode, but I'm still distressed.
> 
> 

Because "sync" writes buffered data in memory to disk, not metadata from 
the journal. The journal isn't stored in memory.

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