From 7356337bd2d4416bcaa0158520542dfbd154949c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shaun Zinck <shaun.zinck@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:38:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] documentation/ext3: grammar fixes Fix some grammar in the explanation of the Journal Block Device layer. Signed-off-by: Shaun Zinck <shaun.zinck@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> --- Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt index 4aecc9bdb273a..b45f3c1b8b431 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt @@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ Device layer. Journaling Block Device layer ----------------------------- -The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific. It was design to -add journaling capabilities on a block device. The ext3 filesystem code will -inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction). The -journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of crash, the -journal can replayed the transactions to put the partition back in a -consistent state fast. +The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific. It was designed +to add journaling capabilities to a block device. The ext3 filesystem code +will inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction). +The journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of a crash, +the journal can replay the transactions to quickly put the partition back into +a consistent state. Handles represent a single atomic update to a filesystem. JBD can handle an external journal on a block device. @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ written to the journal first, and then to its final location. In the event of a crash, the journal can be replayed, bringing both data and metadata into a consistent state. This mode is the slowest except when data needs to be read from and written to disk at the same time where it -outperforms all others modes. +outperforms all other modes. Compatibility ------------- -- GitLab