CRC loop method (was Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption)

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:19:37 +0000


Hi!

> > I'd be very happy with full data journalling even with 50% performance
> > penalty... There are applications that require extreme data integrity all
> > times no matter what happens.
>
> How about an idea I proposed a while back, 'integrity loopback'?
>
> A loopback device which writes a CRC with each block and checks the CRC
> when read back.

I have written that. Do you want a copy?

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