@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ struct fat_mount_options {
 		 nocase:1,	  /* Does this need case conversion? 0=need case conversion*/
 		 usefree:1,	  /* Use free_clusters for FAT32 */
 		 tz_utc:1,	  /* Filesystem timestamps are in UTC */
-		 rodir:1;	  /* allow ATTR_RO for directory */
+		 rodir:1,	  /* allow ATTR_RO for directory */
+		 err_notify:1;	  /* Notify userspace on fs errors */
 };
 
 #define FAT_HASH_BITS	8

@@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ static int fat_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 		seq_puts(m, ",flush");
 	if (opts->tz_utc)
 		seq_puts(m, ",tz=UTC");
+	if (opts->err_notify)
+		seq_puts(m, ",notify");
 
 	return 0;
 }

@@ -847,7 +849,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_charset, Opt_shortname_lower, Opt_shortname_win95,
 	Opt_shortname_winnt, Opt_shortname_mixed, Opt_utf8_no, Opt_utf8_yes,
 	Opt_uni_xl_no, Opt_uni_xl_yes, Opt_nonumtail_no, Opt_nonumtail_yes,
-	Opt_obsolate, Opt_flush, Opt_tz_utc, Opt_rodir, Opt_err,
+	Opt_obsolate, Opt_flush, Opt_tz_utc, Opt_rodir, Opt_err_notify, Opt_err,
 };
 
 static const match_table_t fat_tokens = {

@@ -883,6 +885,7 @@ static const match_table_t fat_tokens = {
 	{Opt_obsolate, "posix"},
 	{Opt_flush, "flush"},
 	{Opt_tz_utc, "tz=UTC"},
+	{Opt_err_notify, "notify"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL},
 };
 static const match_table_t msdos_tokens = {

@@ -952,6 +955,7 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, int is_vfat, int silent, int *debug,
 	opts->numtail = 1;
 	opts->usefree = opts->nocase = 0;
 	opts->tz_utc = 0;
+	opts->err_notify = 0;
 	*debug = 0;
 
 	if (!options)

@@ -1044,6 +1048,9 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, int is_vfat, int silent, int *debug,
 		case Opt_tz_utc:
 			opts->tz_utc = 1;
 			break;
+		case Opt_err_notify:
+			opts->err_notify = 1;
+			break;
 
 		/* msdos specific */
 		case Opt_dots:

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/genhd.h>
 #include "fat.h"
 
 /*

@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ void fat_fs_error(struct super_block *s, const char *function,
 		const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
+	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(s);
 
 	printk(KERN_ERR "FAT: Filesystem error (dev %s): %s:\n", s->s_id,
 		function);

@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ void fat_fs_error(struct super_block *s, const char *function,
 		s->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 		printk(KERN_ERR "    File system has been set read-only\n");
 	}
+	if (sbi->options.err_notify)
+		notify_part_fs_unclean(part_to_dev(s->s_bdev->bd_part), 1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_fs_error);
 

@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ void fat_fs_warning(struct super_block *s, const char * function,
 		const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
+	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(s);
 
 	printk(KERN_ERR "FAT: Filesystem warning (dev %s): %s:\n", s->s_id,
 		function);

@@ -54,6 +59,8 @@ void fat_fs_warning(struct super_block *s, const char * function,
 	vprintk(fmt, args);
 	printk("\n");
 	va_end(args);
+	if (sbi->options.err_notify)
+		notify_part_fs_unclean(part_to_dev(s->s_bdev->bd_part), 1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_fs_warning);