Re: XFS feature request

["Jeffrey E. Hundstad" <jeffrey.hundstad@xxxxxxxx>]

It might be nice to have an option on mount to determine what to do in 
order to please both points of view.  I believe ext2 has this.  As per 
mount(8):
     errors=continue / errors=remount-ro / errors=panic
             Define the behaviour when an error is  encountered.
             (Either ignore errors and just mark the file system
             erroneous and continue, or remount the file  system
             read-only,  or  panic  and  halt  the system.)  The
             default is set in the  filesystem  superblock,  and
             can be changed using tune2fs(8).


Andrew Mathews wrote:

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> Michael Loftis wrote:
> | This has also recently been a problem for us.  The whole 'something
> | looks a little odd so I'm going to just tank and take the whole system
> | with me' knee-jerk reaction XFS has is very problematic.  It's the
> | biggest reason I'm moving operations away from it.
> |
> | --On Wednesday, June 04, 2003 20:26 +0200 Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>
> | wrote:
> |
> |> Hello,
> |>
> |> Upon a filesystem error the XFS filesystem normally unmounts the fs 
> and
> |> often takes the box along with it.
> |> ...
> |
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> | Michael Loftis
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> Not to diminish Set's original request, but to address this comment...
>
> I guess your term "knee-jerk reaction" is subjective. I'd much rather
> have a recoverable system than an unrecoverable one, which is exactly
> what you'll have if the filesystem is put into an unstable state
> (corruption) and isn't intelligent enough to protect itself from further
> damage. It's also one of the reasons we won't use anything other than
> XFS in a production environment.
>
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