Andrew Morton wrote: > The "unclean" term doesn't seem a good fit. It usually means "has > in-memory data which needs writing back". But here you've redefined > "unclean" to mean "got an IO error" or "detected metadata > inconsistency", or perhaps "dunno, please run fsck to find out". This > all should be spelled out in exacting detail and thought about, please. I agree. "unclean" (or "dirty") should be reserved for indicating that the filesystem has been modified, that is, files written to etc. Use another term like "fault" or "error"? -- Jamie -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html