linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: skip alignment questioning if -F specified

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Date:	Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:40:15 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: skip alignment questioning if -F specified

On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Eric Sandeen wrote:

> Andreas Dilger wrote:
>> On 2010-03-11, at 19:48, tytso@....edu wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 01:53:09PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>>> RH bug 569021 - mke2fs insists on user interaction even if stdin is
>>>> not a tty and -F is passed
>>>> 
>>>> This is just a warning, -F should easily override it.
>> 
>> Since this is just a warning, do we really need to have "-F" at all?  I
>> dislike requiring "-F" on common actions, because it means that it will
>> commonly be used, but may accidentally override some unintended problem.
>> 
>> We've lived without block device alignment until now, and it seems
>> somewhat unpleasant that mke2fs may start failing (if -F is not given)
>> for situations where it previously worked just fine.
> 
> Well, that's a good point, dropping the -F requirement is fine with me too,
> I guess.
> 
> Ted do you want to just toss in:
> 
> -		if (!force)
> -			proceed_question();


Yeah, I'll just make the change on my end.


-- Ted

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