linux-kernel - Re: ext3 defaults to errors=continue, why?

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Date:	Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:58:18 +0100 (CET)
From:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ext3 defaults to errors=continue, why?

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> I don't know where errors=continue came from (and I think its
> dangerous);

In lib/ext2fs/ext2_fs.h (from e2fsprogs) a default is set:

#define EXT2_ERRORS_CONTINUE		1	/* Continue execution */
#define EXT2_ERRORS_RO			2	/* Remount fs read-only */
#define EXT2_ERRORS_PANIC		3	/* Panic */
#define EXT2_ERRORS_DEFAULT		EXT2_ERRORS_CONTINUE

...which is then referenced in lib/ext2fs/initialize.c - but I agree, I 
find this dangerous myself and the first thing I do after mkfs is always 
to tune2fs to remount-ro.

Christian.
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