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Re:Global Kernel Locks in APFS by mbell on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:30PM (#18333829)
> My theory is that Apple rushed APFS and its implementation isn't in a great shape for the public review.

The rollout of APFS was _incredibly_ well done; I don't think there is even a remote comparison to how successful it was. A new file system was rolled out to millions of devices in an automated fashion with very few issues. I don't think anyone else has even considered such a thing. I highly doubt the code is that rough, I can't imagine pulling this off without fairly solid core code in place.

Re:Global Kernel Locks in APFS by eridius on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:14AM (#18333975)
Agreed. For iOS, the rollout was so smooth that most people weren't even aware it was taking place, with the only observable effect being that the iOS upgrade took a bit longer than usual. For the macOS rollout, there were more hiccups, but still, extremely smooth. In fact, I just had to launch Disk Utility to double-check that this computer was in fact migrated to APFS because I couldn't recall actually seeing anything specific about it (as this computer has a fusion drive, as well as a Bootcamp partition).
Re:Global Kernel Locks in APFS by romed on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:41AM (#18334046)
Mojave update trashed my Fusion Drive to the extent that plugging any other mac into my imac in target disk mode made the host mac instantly kernel panic. And I lost all my files obv.
Re:Global Kernel Locks in APFS by stansm on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:06AM (#18334266)
But you did backup before update, didn’t you?
Re:Global Kernel Locks in APFS by lultimouomo on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:42AM (#18335940)
You mean besides the fact that the volume encryption password was stored in plain text in the disk?

https://thehackernews.com/2018/03/macos-apfs-password.html