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From: Eric Whitney <enwlinux@gmail.com>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: tytso@mit.edu
Subject: [PATCH] mke2fs: clarify inline data inode size error message
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:55:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140927155515.GA2322@wallace> (raw)

The existing error message can be made more helpful by more clearly
implying the attempt to make a file system with undersized inodes is
failing and suggesting a corrective action.

Signed-off-by: Eric Whitney <enwlinux@gmail.com>
---
 misc/mke2fs.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
index 2bc435b..00bb00d 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.c
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
@@ -2358,7 +2358,8 @@ profile_error:
 	     EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INLINE_DATA) &&
 	    fs_param.s_inode_size == EXT2_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
 		com_err(program_name, 0,
-			_("inode size is %d, inline data is useless"),
+			_("%d byte inodes are too small for inline data; "
+			  "specify larger size"),
 			fs_param.s_inode_size);
 		exit(1);
 	}
-- 
1.9.1


             reply	other threads:[~2014-09-27 15:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-27 15:55 Eric Whitney [this message]
2014-09-29  5:53 ` [PATCH] mke2fs: clarify inline data inode size error message Darrick J. Wong
2014-10-01 20:36   ` Eric Whitney
2014-10-01 12:38 ` Theodore Ts'o

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