From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ted Ts'o Subject: Re: [PATCH] resize2fs: relax requirements for -P output a bit Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:37:50 -0400 Message-ID: <20100717103750.GA4684@thunk.org> References: <4C3B5EA0.3040904@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: ext4 development To: Eric Sandeen Return-path: Received: from THUNK.ORG ([69.25.196.29]:51127 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751003Ab0GRHHz (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:07:55 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C3B5EA0.3040904@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 01:27:44PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > Requiring an immediate pre-fsck before printing a minimum > resize size seems a bit draconian; if the fs isn't clean or marked > with error, then certainly, but for an informational minimum > size, I don't think we need to require a fsck since last mount. > > I had simply copied the checks from the actual resize path, > previously. > > Installers use this option (-P) to gather minimum resize info, > and requiring an actual fsck before use just seems to go too far. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen Makes sense. I've added it to the e2fsprogs maint branch. - Ted