Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:12:39 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Delete a directory, crash the system Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307280810250.8473@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <51F4ECFD.5090502@fjl.co.uk> References: <CAHAXwYDPMrdY-TP-5T1_6M_ot4gY09jo2_Wi_REOmE=%2Bu%2B_QuQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGwOe2byRc4LVsyxvTJgxNGCbhvOEaeDXjmFJ7DoXThPQe1bcQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAHAXwYCj9AV8ZcDffNNGx-ivL=h_TK9zLQRTPknArX25HSfEag@mail.gmail.com> <CAGwOe2YCDRqHudovDB_Kz9WHppvB8v2L%2B0gkDnWgG88bgZTKSA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHAXwYCnRDQqgRcvaEE1BmSJYYOidoQzzUoHX_QWdyJzYO3kKw@mail.gmail.com> <51F3F290.9020004@cordula.ws> <CAHAXwYA7WfYP8OZBVf47xRsDp9N01U3rPLZwwj7PFqkPxm3oag@mail.gmail.com> <51F420ED.1050402@fjl.co.uk> <20130728075447.4d6e0468.freebsd@edvax.de> <51F4ECFD.5090502@fjl.co.uk>
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On Sun, 28 Jul 2013, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > So it boils down to: > > a) Leave is is, as it can detect when the kernel has trashed its vnode table; > or > > b) It's probably caused by "expected" FS corruption, so handle it gracefully. It would be good to log a system error message like "filesystem may be corrupt" to give the user some clue other than a seemingly impossible error with no explanation.
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