Can I control ext3/4 behavior when an error occurs?

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Issue

  • Can I make the ext3 or ext4 filesystem try and continue when some I/O errors have occurred?

  • Can I make the filesystem always return write errors after an error occurs?

Environment

  • RHEL
  • ext3
  • ext4

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