linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: add sysfs entry showing whether the fs contains errors

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Message-ID: <20140911151920.GB26178@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:19:20 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: add sysfs entry showing whether the fs
 contains errors

On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 01:32:19PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Currently there is no easy way to tell that the mounted file system
> contains errors other than checking for log messages, or reading the
> information directly from superblock.
> 
> This patch adds new sysfs entries:
> 
> errors_count		(number of fs errors we encounter)
> first_error_time	(unix timestamp for the first error we see)
> last_error_time		(unix timestamp for the last error we see)
> 
> If the file system is not marked as containing errors then any of the
> file will return 0. Otherwise it will contain valid information. More
> details about the errors should as always be found in the logs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
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