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Physical journaling

Physical journaling records modified on-disk representations, such as metadata buffer contents or changed regions, for recovery.

Physical logging need not mean every record is a complete block image: the XFS design tracks dirty regions of modified items and combines logging mechanisms. [1] Keep record payload, transferred blocks and internal media writes separate when comparing overhead. [2]

Relations

related
logical-journaling, ext4-fast-commit, journal-checkpoint, write-ahead-log

Citations

  1. Linux v6.12: XFS Logging Design, introduction (accessed 2026-10-15)
  2. Hesela: journal representations and FastCommit cost audit (accessed 2026-10-15)

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