From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263106AbTJZL42 (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 06:56:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263107AbTJZL42 (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 06:56:28 -0500 Received: from gprs195-16.eurotel.cz ([160.218.195.16]:40834 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263106AbTJZL41 (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 06:56:27 -0500 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:56:13 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Norman Diamond Cc: John Bradford , "Mudama, Eric" , "'Hans Reiser '" , "'Wes Janzen '" , "'Rogier Wolff '" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nikita@namesys.com, "'Pavel Machek '" , "'Justin Cormack '" , "'Vitaly Fertman '" , "'Krzysztof Halasa '" Subject: Re: Blockbusting news, results get worse Message-ID: <20031026115613.GA4312@elf.ucw.cz> References: <334101c39b94$268a0370$24ee4ca5@DIAMONDLX60> <200310261039.h9QAdniV000310@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <358a01c39bb5$c651c7a0$24ee4ca5@DIAMONDLX60> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <358a01c39bb5$c651c7a0$24ee4ca5@DIAMONDLX60> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > By the way some participants in this thread have argued that the block > should not be replaced by zeroes or random garbage without notice. I fully > agree. The block should be replaced by zeroes or random garbage WITH > notice. From the point of view of logging it in the system log, it is > enough to log it once, it doesn't have to be logged over and over > again. It *does* have to be logged over and over. How does disk know system did not crash between it returning an error and syslog message getting written? Pavel PS: Okay, we should end this thread here. -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]