Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 May 2004 11:59:47 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [Ext2-devel] [CHECKER] warnings in fs/ext3/namei.c (2.4.19) where disk read errors get ignored, causing non-empty dir to be deleted |
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Hi!
> > I'm not sure if they are real bugs or not, so your confirmations > > /clarifications are appericated. > > I don't consider this a bug, but rather a conscious decision on the part of > the developers. If you are trying to delete a directory and it has read > errors, then it is better to let the unlink succeed than to refuse to unlink > the directory.
Perhaps this should be documented with a comment? Its rather subtle. -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms
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