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ntfs transactions

jchristatosjchristatos Member Posts: 48
Hello,

Can someone explain the rational behind transactions on NTFS and vista ?
I thought the log was supposed to take care of meta data inconsistencies ?
Does the log still exist ?

Thank you.
Jerome.

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  • OSR_Community_UserOSR_Community_User Member Posts: 110,217
    Transactions are there for USERS of the NTFS file system, not for NTFS itself. Thus, the registry uses it and Microsoft Update uses it.

    Tony

    Tony Mason
    Consulting Partner
    OSR Open Systems Resources, Inc.
    http://www.osr.com
  • jchristatosjchristatos Member Posts: 48
    Hi Tony,

    wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd...
    > Transactions are there for USERS of the NTFS file system, not for NTFS
    itself. Thus, the registry uses it and Microsoft Update uses it.

    Thanks for clarifying. The ntinsider article mentionned a log for filesystem
    state so I may have been confused.

    I try to get the model straigth. If a filter is interested to monitor file
    system state changes (i.e.file deletion, attribute changes ...) and the
    filtered file object is part of a transaction, it registers a callback
    function and at some point pass the irp trhough.

    If the transaction is aborted the callback is fired to let the filter do its
    cleanup instead of the system sending a new irp or cancelling the irp?

    This mechanism opens a new path in the filter and I can see a potential for
    breaking lock hierarchy.
    Does the framework has a way to prevent this ? (apc like)
    Can this callback race with the irp completion ?

    I couldn't seem to find all answers in the doc so far, Thanks for the time.

    Jerome.


    >
    > Tony
    >
    > Tony Mason
    > Consulting Partner
    > OSR Open Systems Resources, Inc.
    > http://www.osr.com
    >
    >
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