From: Anand Jain <Anand.Jain@oracle.com>
To: dsterba@suse.cz, Zach Brown <zab@zabbo.net>,
linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [bug] mkfs.btrfs reports device busy for ext4 mounted disk
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:18:32 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51308078.1030002@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130222223046.GN27541@twin.jikos.cz>
>> btrfs-progs shouldn't be unconditionally trusting the backup superblocks
>> if the primary is garbage. It should only check the backups if the user
>> specifically asks it to.
>
> Agreed. Let me add that all the rescue tools should accept a parameter
> to pick the backup superblocks. Currently fsck -s, select-super -s,
> restore -u (though I'd like see all the option names unified, 'S' is my
> candidate that would not break compatibility).
Thank You. Have sent out a patch on this thread for your kind review.
Anand
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-01 10:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-22 5:29 [bug] mkfs.btrfs reports device busy for ext4 mounted disk Anand Jain
2013-02-22 19:03 ` Zach Brown
2013-02-22 22:30 ` David Sterba
2013-03-01 10:18 ` Anand Jain [this message]
2013-03-01 10:13 ` [PATCH] btrfs-progs: traverse to backup super-block only when indicated Anand Jain
2013-03-01 17:37 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-03-04 5:20 ` Anand Jain
2013-03-01 18:27 ` Zach Brown
2013-03-27 10:07 ` [PATCH 0/5 v5] access to backup-sb and btrfs' multipath aware Anand Jain
2013-03-27 10:07 ` [PATCH 1/5 v5] btrfs-progs: make btrfs dev scan multi path aware Anand Jain
2013-04-11 9:57 ` [obsoleted] " Anand Jain
2013-03-27 10:07 ` [PATCH 2/5 v5] btrfs-progs: Introduce flag BTRFS_SCAN_REGISTER to replace run_ioctl Anand Jain
2013-03-27 10:07 ` [PATCH 3/5 v5] btrfs-progs: Introduce flag BTRFS_SCAN_BACKUP_SB for btrfs_read_dev_super Anand Jain
2013-03-27 10:07 ` [PATCH 4/5 v5] btrfs-progs: introduce passing flags to btrfs_scan_one_device Anand Jain
2013-03-27 10:07 ` [PATCH 5/5 v5] btrfs-progs: disable using backup superblock by default Anand Jain
2013-03-27 23:17 ` [PATCH 0/5 v5] access to backup-sb and btrfs' multipath aware anand jain
2013-04-05 5:54 ` v6: access to backup superblock Anand Jain
2013-04-05 5:54 ` [PATCH 1/5] btrfs-progs: Introduce flag BTRFS_SCAN_REGISTER to replace run_ioctl Anand Jain
2013-04-05 5:54 ` [PATCH 2/5] btrfs-progs: Introduce flag BTRFS_SCAN_BACKUP_SB for btrfs_read_dev_super Anand Jain
2013-04-05 5:54 ` [PATCH 3/5] btrfs-progs: introduce passing flags to btrfs_scan_one_device Anand Jain
2013-04-05 5:54 ` [PATCH 4/5] btrfs-progs: disable using backup superblock by default Anand Jain
2013-04-05 5:54 ` [PATCH 5/5] btrfs-progs: btrfs-find-root should scan backup-sb Anand Jain
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