linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] btrfs is tearing down whole kernel when disk is disconnected

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:42:16 +0900
From:	Norbert Preining <preining@...ic.at>
To:	"Zhong, Xin" <xin.zhong@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] btrfs is tearing down whole kernel when disk is
	disconnected

Hi Zhong,

On Mo, 27 Jun 2011, Zhong, Xin wrote:
> We met this situation in meego too:
> https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18156

Ah, good to hear that I am not the only one.
(Last time I was told: "It only happens to you!" until the real bug
was found ;-)

> I am now working on a patch to handle this kind of IO problem more
> gracefully (at least for sync/umount) by using the error handling
> API (btrfs_std_error). So far, I am still debugging my patch. Will
> send it to mailing list for review later. 

Please include me in the recipient list when sending the patch, I will
give it a try!

Thanks

Norbert
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