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Re:rm -r fs/ext3 by the_why_of_y on Thursday July 23, 2015 @02:14PM (#9937484)
The zeroes problem (which was mostly caused by applications not using fsync when they should) was fixed in 2007.

http://www.xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_Why_do_I_see_binary_...

Also, there's xfs_repair(8).

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Re:rm -r fs/ext3 by nickpsecurity on Thursday July 23, 2015 @04:56PM (#9938463)
Awesome! I was having a hard time believing such a big problem would get no attention all this time. Good to know they knocked it out.
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