[Bug 12543] ext4_da_writepages error in 2.6.28.1 after a disk error

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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12543


tytso@mit.edu changed:

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------- Comment #3 from tytso@mit.edu  2009-01-27 11:08 -------
Having ext4 handling this gracefully is already in mainline.   See commit:

2a21e37e4: ext4: tone down ext4_da_writepages warnings


    ext4: tone down ext4_da_writepages warnings

    If the filesystem has errors, ext4_da_writepages() will return a *lot*
    of errors, including lots and lots of stack dumps.  While it's true
    that we are dropping user data on the floor, which is unfortunate, the
    stack dumps aren't helpful, and they tend to obscure the true original
    root cause of the problem.  So in the case where the filesystem has
    aborted, return an EROFS right away.

    Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

It is in 2.6.29-rc1 and I plan to send it for the 2.6.28.y release, just
because it is *so* annoying.


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