From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) Subject: Re: Badblocks revisited (**sigh**) Date: 14 Jul 1992 10:57:05 GMT
In article <mper.711085997@uipsuxb> mper@uipsuxb.ps.uiuc.edu (Michael Pereckas) writes:
>
>Is it possible for the read-ahead code to read ahead into some bad
>blocks?
Yes, it's possible. It shouldn't happen when using the device as a
filesystem, but it can happen when doing a fsck or reading from the raw
device. In that case you should be able to ignore the messages: if you
don't feel comfortable with that, you can remove the read-ahead code on
block devices altogether.
Linus