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It's 2016, if you abruptly shut down a computer in the middle of a filesystem write the chances of ending up with a corrupted filesystem are of around a 0 %, so

It's 2016, if you abruptly shut down a computer in the middle of a filesystem write the chances of ending up with a corrupted filesystem are of around a 0 %, so those are the chances of getting a brick when you drop your mobile.

jbg_ 10y ago
If you mount with nobarrier I'd say that the chances are somewhat higher than 0%
- nabanicu 10y ago
  Not with any filesystem with a proper journaling system. Filesystem corruption is almost impossible.
  - c3833174 10y ago
    Barriers are what force the journal to be written consistently, and IIRC they were enabled by default after 2.6.31 because of corruption with ext4.