Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:57:37 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/180894: rm -rf causes kernel panic Message-ID: <20981.23441.48448.227315@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <CAA3ZYrCD8=rfY3BBdNqB9fK3Yg8afsn3qUX5rcNMW-fBoDkOag@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA3ZYrCD8=rfY3BBdNqB9fK3Yg8afsn3qUX5rcNMW-fBoDkOag@mail.gmail.com>
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Dieter BSD writes: > > I also don't think it's reasonable for the kernel to bomb > > when it encounters corruption on a disk. > > Agreed. I am not a file system guru, but I have seen the logic and it makes sense. Basically, if you get to that point you have to assume other catastrophic damage is laying in wait and the lesser evil is to panic in the expectation fsck will be run before that fs goes live again. (It's not the only solution; I have no opinion on whether it's the best solution.) Robert Huff
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