lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2020]   [Dec]   [29]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [GIT PULL] xfs: new code for 5.11
>Please pull the following branch containing all the new xfs code for
>5.11. In this release we add the ability to set a 'needsrepair' flag
>indicating that we /know/ the filesystem requires xfs_repair, but other
>than that, it's the usual strengthening of metadata validation and
>miscellaneous cleanups.
>...
>New code for 5.11:
>- Introduce a "needsrepair" "feature" to flag a filesystem as needing a
> pass through xfs_repair. This is key to enabling filesystem upgrades
> (in xfs_db) that require xfs_repair to make minor adjustments to
>metadata.

Hello.

Most likely I miss something obvious but according to xfs_repair(8):
BUGS:
The filesystem to be checked and repaired must have been unmounted
cleanly using normal system administration procedures (the
umount(8) command or system shutdown), not as a result of a
crash or system reset. If the filesystem has not been unmounted
cleanly, mount it and unmount it cleanly before running xfs_repair.

which is there since commit d321ceac "add libxlog directory"
Date: Wed Oct 17 11:00:32 2001 +0000 in xfsprogs-dev[1].

So will be there situation of uncleanly unmounted filesystem with
"needsrepair" bit set? Will one be able to mount and umount it before
running xfs_repair in that case?

[1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2020-12-29 08:54    [W:0.045 / U:0.664 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site