On 2009-Jan-08 10:27:57 +1100, Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org> wrote:
quoted text
>It would be REALLY nice, if an I/O fails, to simply have the process=20
>attempting the I/O to be killed, instead of bringing the machine to its=20
>knees and locking up or panic the kernel.

And if it was that easy, it would have been done about a decade ago.

--=20
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement
an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.