FILE SYSTEM ERROR DETECTION AND RECOVERY FRAMEWORK

In one aspect, an embodiment of file system error detection and protection includes collecting first data identifying at least one error in performing at least one of reading or writing data to a storage device and determining, through an association between the first data and file identifiers, a set of files which are effected by the at least one error. The collecting may be performed automatically as a background process. In another aspect, an embodiment includes detecting at least one error in file system metadata for a storage device, the detecting being performed automatically as a background process, and storing state information automatically in response to the detecting; the state information indicates that upon next mounting of the storage device, the data processing system will automatically cause the running of a file system check of the file system metadata.