From: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org Subject: [Bug 12543] ext4_da_writepages error in 2.6.28.1 after a disk error Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:08:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20090127190813.6E77B108040@picon.linux-foundation.org> References: To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:33443 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753665AbZA0TIr (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:08:47 -0500 Received: from picon.linux-foundation.org (picon.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.79]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id n0RJ8DwR009835 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:08:14 -0800 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12543 tytso@mit.edu changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |CLOSED Resolution| |PATCH_ALREADY_AVAILABLE ------- Comment #3 from tytso@mit.edu 2009-01-27 11:08 ------- Having ext4 handling this gracefully is already in mainline. See commit: 2a21e37e4: ext4: tone down ext4_da_writepages warnings ext4: tone down ext4_da_writepages warnings If the filesystem has errors, ext4_da_writepages() will return a *lot* of errors, including lots and lots of stack dumps. While it's true that we are dropping user data on the floor, which is unfortunate, the stack dumps aren't helpful, and they tend to obscure the true original root cause of the problem. So in the case where the filesystem has aborted, return an EROFS right away. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" It is in 2.6.29-rc1 and I plan to send it for the 2.6.28.y release, just because it is *so* annoying. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.