Re: [PATCH] xfs: report a writeback error on a read() call

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On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:44:57AM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote:
> > That's really kernel wide policy and not something magic done by a
> > single file system.
> 
> XFS already supports an optional policy for handling metadata errors via:
> /sys/fs/xfs/<disk>/error/metadata/
> 
> It would be reasonable to introduce a similar optional policy for data
> errors:
> /sys/fs/xfs/<disk>/error/data/
> 
> This data error policy could allow the filesystem to shut down immediately
> if corrupted data is detected that might otherwise be exposed to userspace.

I fully agree on that part, and would in fact argue for making it the
default.

But reporting writeback errors on read just on one file system and with
a specific option is really strange.





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