Xfs_repair and journalling

[Eric Sandeen]

On 3/17/13 6:42 AM, Subranshu Patel wrote:
> 
> In case of EXT4, journal will not be replayed on performing mount.
> One need to invoke fsck which performs journal playback and then
> other corruption checks/recovery. Correct me if I am wrong.

You are wrong, I'm afraid.

Simple tests, or reading the code, will show you that ext4
replays a dirty log at mount time.

-Eric