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+From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
+Subject: reiserfs: introduce reiserfs_error()
+
+ Although reiserfs can currently handle severe errors such as journal failure,
+ it cannot handle less severe errors like metadata i/o failure. The following
+ patch adds a reiserfs_error() function akin to the one in ext3.
+
+ Subsequent patches will use this new error handler to handle errors more
+ gracefully in general.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
+
+--
+ fs/reiserfs/prints.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h | 4 ++++
+ 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
++++ b/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
+@@ -373,6 +373,31 @@ void __reiserfs_panic(struct super_block
+ id ? id : "", id ? " " : "", function, error_buf);
+ }
+
++void __reiserfs_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *id,
++ const char *function, const char *fmt, ...)
++{
++ do_reiserfs_warning(fmt);
++
++ BUG_ON(sb == NULL);
++
++ if (reiserfs_error_panic(sb))
++ __reiserfs_panic(sb, id, function, error_buf);
++
++ if (id && id[0])
++ printk(KERN_CRIT "REISERFS error (device %s): %s %s: %s\n",
++ sb->s_id, id, function, error_buf);
++ else
++ printk(KERN_CRIT "REISERFS error (device %s): %s: %s\n",
++ sb->s_id, function, error_buf);
++
++ if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
++ return;
++
++ reiserfs_info(sb, "Remounting filesystem read-only\n");
++ sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
++ reiserfs_abort_journal(sb, -EIO);
++}
++
+ void reiserfs_abort(struct super_block *sb, int errno, const char *fmt, ...)
+ {
+ do_reiserfs_warning(fmt);
+--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
++++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+@@ -2006,6 +2006,10 @@ void __reiserfs_panic(struct super_block
+ __attribute__ ((noreturn));
+ #define reiserfs_panic(s, id, fmt, args...) \
+ __reiserfs_panic(s, id, __func__, fmt, ##args)
++void __reiserfs_error(struct super_block *s, const char *id,
++ const char *function, const char *fmt, ...);
++#define reiserfs_error(s, id, fmt, args...) \
++ __reiserfs_error(s, id, __func__, fmt, ##args)
+ void reiserfs_info(struct super_block *s, const char *fmt, ...);
+ void reiserfs_debug(struct super_block *s, int level, const char *fmt, ...);
+ void print_indirect_item(struct buffer_head *bh, int item_num);