Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:48:02 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Joe Holden <jwhlists@gmail.com> Subject: Re: UFS corruption panic Message-ID: <4F12CB02.4050409@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <3BCC7D95-F0BC-447D-9828-DD5B6A07A54A@lassitu.de> References: <CAD-04WOKH6yb0tjcM=pu86kzTfFej%2Bc0E-v9AMC9VyEDn4HSOg@mail.gmail.com> <3BCC7D95-F0BC-447D-9828-DD5B6A07A54A@lassitu.de>
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On 15/01/2012 08:12, Stefan Bethke wrote: > Yes, a panic is the correct action here. While I agree that it's super annoying, the filesystem notices that something is *really* wrong. Instead of letting the problem fester and continue to corrupt data, it stops the system. One could argue instead that for non-root filesystems the correct action is to stop all operations on that filesystem but let the rest of the system continue. -- Bruce Cran
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