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    ocfs2: add feature document for online file check · d750c42a
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    This document will describe OCFS2 online file check feature.  OCFS2 is
    often used in high-availaibility systems.  However, OCFS2 usually
    converts the filesystem to read-only when encounters an error.  This may
    not be necessary, since turning the filesystem read-only would affect
    other running processes as well, decreasing availability.
    
    Then, a mount option (errors=continue) is introduced, which would return
    the -EIO errno to the calling process and terminate furhter processing
    so that the filesystem is not corrupted further.  The filesystem is not
    converted to read-only, and the problematic file's inode number is
    reported in the kernel log.  The user can try to check/fix this file via
    online filecheck feature.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGang He <ghe@suse.com>
    Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.de>
    Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
    Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com>
    Cc: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@huawei.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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