From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Denis Karpov <ext-denis.2.karpov@nokia.com>,
axboe@kernel.dk, hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, adrian.hunter@nokia.com,
artem.bityutskiy@nokia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] FS: userspace notification of errors
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 02:59:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090604015935.GA30472@shareable.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090603115611.6bbbaf55.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Andrew Morton wrote:
> The "unclean" term doesn't seem a good fit. It usually means "has
> in-memory data which needs writing back". But here you've redefined
> "unclean" to mean "got an IO error" or "detected metadata
> inconsistency", or perhaps "dunno, please run fsck to find out". This
> all should be spelled out in exacting detail and thought about, please.
I agree. "unclean" (or "dirty") should be reserved for indicating
that the filesystem has been modified, that is, files written to etc.
Use another term like "fault" or "error"?
-- Jamie
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-04 1:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-03 15:05 [PATCH 0/4] FS: userspace notification of errors Denis Karpov
2009-06-03 15:05 ` [PATCH 1/4] FS: filesystem corruption notification Denis Karpov
2009-06-03 15:05 ` [PATCH 2/4] FAT: generalize errors and warning printing Denis Karpov
2009-06-03 15:05 ` [PATCH 3/4] FAT: add 'notify' mount option Denis Karpov
2009-06-03 15:05 ` [PATCH 4/4] EXT2: " Denis Karpov
2009-06-03 19:00 ` Andrew Morton
2009-06-10 21:03 ` Pavel Machek
2009-06-03 18:59 ` [PATCH 3/4] FAT: " Andrew Morton
2009-06-03 18:58 ` [PATCH 1/4] FS: filesystem corruption notification Andrew Morton
2009-06-03 15:36 ` [PATCH 0/4] FS: userspace notification of errors Eric Sandeen
2009-06-03 18:56 ` Andrew Morton
2009-06-04 1:59 ` Jamie Lokier [this message]
2009-06-04 5:57 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-06-04 14:27 ` Denis Karpov
2009-06-10 21:05 ` Pavel Machek
2009-06-04 12:53 ` Kay Sievers
2009-06-04 14:29 ` Russell Cattelan
2009-06-05 7:25 ` Jon Masters
2009-06-05 11:07 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-06-05 11:51 ` Denis Karpov
2009-06-05 13:06 ` Kay Sievers
[not found] ` <ac3eb2510906050606u7527654dv789364549b36f3e7@mail.gmail.com>
2009-06-09 13:49 ` Jan Kara
2009-06-03 22:30 ` Jan Kara
2009-06-04 6:10 ` Artem Bityutskiy
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