From: Jan Kara Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] FS: userspace notification of errors Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:30:06 +0200 Message-ID: <20090603223005.GA9050@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <1244041518-32229-1-git-send-email-ext-denis.2.karpov@nokia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, adrian.hunter@nokia.com, artem.bityutskiy@nokia.com To: Denis Karpov Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1244041518-32229-1-git-send-email-ext-denis.2.karpov@nokia.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org Hi, > 2. Make FAT and EXT2 file systems use the above mechanism to optionally > notify user space about errors. Implemented as 'notify' mount option > (PATCH 3,4). > FAT error reporting facilities had to be re-factored (PATCH 2) in > order to simplify sending error notifications. One question: Why would not a filesystem / admin want the notification to be sent? Or in other words what's the point of the mount option? Honza -- Jan Kara SuSE CR Labs