From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262064AbVCDFkP (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:40:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261582AbVCDFkO (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:40:14 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([216.27.176.166]:51691 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262064AbVCDFiv (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:38:51 -0500 Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 21:38:50 -0800 From: Matt Mackall To: Alexander Gran Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.11-rc5-mm1: reiser4 panic Message-ID: <20050304053849.GP3163@waste.org> References: <200503040216.56889@zodiac.zodiac.dnsalias.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200503040216.56889@zodiac.zodiac.dnsalias.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.