Re: Proposal: validate FFS root inode during the mount.

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost (Mouse) writes:

>But for the machine's own filesystems?  Corruption should panic:
>	mount -o onerror=panic /dev/wd2a /builds

There are 3 popular behaviours and all can be useful.
- return errors
- return errors + reject further writes
- panic

The second is Linux default behaviour and some people hate it,
maybe because the read-only mode is rather silent. If you do
react to it, it can be more graceful than a panic.

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