Ext3 users - Jun 2001 - ext3 and 2.4.x-smp

I am running a RH6/7ish system on an abit bp6 with 2.4-test12 -smp
running rock solid. I have a new drive that I want to use to test out a
journa;ing file system on, and thus far have not been happy with
reiserfs and have been waiting for ext3 on 2.4 (I had been considering
xfs as an alternative but from what i've read it's a little too robust
for my needs).
    Anyway, I guess I am missing a few things before I make a decision.
I know there were some problems back in the day with smp and ext3 for
the 2.4.x kernels.  After reading the post about 'VALinux's 2.4.5 beta
kernel with Ext3' I am still not sure on the state of ext3 with regards
to smp systems. Can anyone shed some light on this for me. Thanks, -peel

Hi,

On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 11:29:55PM -0500, John Peel wrote:
>     Anyway, I guess I am missing a few things before I make a decision.
> I know there were some problems back in the day with smp and ext3 for
> the 2.4.x kernels.  After reading the post about 'VALinux's 2.4.5
beta
> kernel with Ext3' I am still not sure on the state of ext3 with regards
> to smp systems. Can anyone shed some light on this for me. Thanks, -peel
There are no known problems regarding ext3 and SMP.  My default test
system for ext3 is a 4-way box.

Andrew and I are still working on fixing up one bug in the truncate
code, and there seems to be a problem in fsck if you have special
device inodes which get deleted while still held open, but other than
that it seems pretty solid.  I expect we'll push a new version for 2.4
out in the next day or two.

Cheers,
 Stephen

John Peel wrote:
> 
> ...
> I am still not sure on the state of ext3 with regards
> to smp systems. Can anyone shed some light on this for me.
It's had a wicked beating on SMP.  It's completely solid
in that respect.

There are still a few glitches, but they are becoming increasingly
obscure and they are not SMP-related.

j> (I had been considering xfs as an alternative but from what i've
j> read it's a little too robust for my needs).

Too robust?  That's the first time I've heard such a claim for a
filesystem.

j> Anyway, I guess I am missing a few things before I make a decision.
j> I know there were some problems back in the day with smp and ext3
j> for the 2.4.x kernels.

I've been running it on an MP box for a few weeks now, doing large
builds, database mangling, and the like, and ext3 has been rock-solid
for me.

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