Re: 2.6.11-rc5-mm1: reiser4 panic

[Matt Mackall]

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.

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