According to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, KERN_EMERG is reserved for events that render system unusable. This is hardly the case in case of flash memory stick hardware removal without umounting. Syslog is often configured to forward messages with EMERG severity to all logged-in terminals, often causing unnecessary noise. Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx> --- fs/jbd/journal.c | 2 +- fs/jbd2/journal.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c index 2d04f9a..9dbc1b6 100644 --- a/fs/jbd/journal.c +++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ out_unlock: spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); if (unlikely(is_journal_aborted(journal))) { - printk(KERN_EMERG "journal commit I/O error\n"); + printk(KERN_CRIT "journal commit I/O error\n"); err = -EIO; } return err; diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c index 5203264..2d1f53c 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ int jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid) read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); if (unlikely(is_journal_aborted(journal))) { - printk(KERN_EMERG "journal commit I/O error\n"); + printk(KERN_CRIT "journal commit I/O error\n"); err = -EIO; } return err; -- 1.7.1 -- 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