Re: [PATCH 0/4] FS: userspace notification of errors

[Artem Bityutskiy]

ext Jan Kara wrote:
>   Hi,
>
> > 2. Make FAT and EXT2 file systems use the above mechanism to optionally
> >    notify user space about errors. Implemented as 'notify' mount option
> >    (PATCH 3,4).
> >    FAT error reporting facilities had to be re-factored (PATCH 2) in 
> >    order to simplify sending error notifications.
>   One question: Why would not a filesystem / admin want the notification
> to be sent? Or in other words what's the point of the mount option?

I agree on this. I guess we should instead implement a VFS helper
like 'send_error_notification(sb, error_type)'. Then we can teach
certain FSes to utilize it. We are particularly interested in FAT,
actually.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (ÐÑÑÑÐ ÐÐÑÑÑÐÐÐ)
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