Re: XFS bad block recording?

[David Lloyd <lloy0076@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm...

> of a developing failure.  That is not a filesystem's task.  What should
> the filesystem do?

Be aware of possible errors reported by lower level handlers (in this
case the device driver for the hard disk) and deal with them in a
configurable, sensible and logical manner.

> How much responsibility does the filesystem have with regard to hardware
> reliability?

None, but if it is possible it should use as much of the information
available to it, eg errors logged by lower device handlers, in the
decisions it makes.

:-)

DSL
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