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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/4] FS: userspace notification of errors
    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 (Артём Битюцкий)
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