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Date:      Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:12:39 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk>
Cc:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Delete a directory, crash the system
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On Sun, 28 Jul 2013, Frank Leonhardt wrote:

> So it boils down to:
>
> a) Leave is is, as it can detect when the kernel has trashed its vnode table; 
> or
>
> b) It's probably caused by "expected" FS corruption, so handle it gracefully.

It would be good to log a system error message like "filesystem may be 
corrupt" to give the user some clue other than a seemingly impossible 
error with no explanation.



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