Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [RFD] What error should FS return when I/O failure occurs? | Date | Mon, 16 May 2005 22:36:54 -0700 | From | "Hua Zhong \(hzhong\)" <> |
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> What you said is based on the FS implementor's perspective. > But from user's perspective, they open a file with O_RDWR, get a > success, then write returns EROFS? > Besides, EXT3 ALWAYS return EROFS for the 1st and 2nd case, even > you specify errors=continue, things are still the same.
Which version of kernel you are using?
It was probably the case in kernel before 2.4.20. The old ext3 had a problem that it ignored IO error at journal commit time. I submitted a patch to fix that around the time of 2.4.20. 2.6 should be fine too, unless someone else broke it again.
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