On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:16:56AM +0100, Alexander Gran wrote: > Hi, > > after my external USB hdd disconnected itself reiser4 paniced. I dont think a > journalingfs should panic if its device fails..
Panicking is sometimes what you want. Panic can trigger a reboot and get the box back on its feet quickly. But going read-only on errors is a more sensible default policy, especially if you have other unrelated activities going on. Ext2 and ext3 have such an option. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
