linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/4] e2fsck: Do not discard when in read only mode

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Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:35:30 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, sandeen@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] e2fsck: Do not discard when in read only mode

On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 08:49:35AM +0100, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> When argument '-n' was specified and should run in read-only mode, we
> should not attempt to discard anything. In order to do that we have to
> check for E2F_OPT_NO flag and clear E2F_OPT_DISCARD flag if E2F_OPT_NO
> is set.
> 
> This commit fixes the problem when we would mark inode tables as zeroed
> (EXT2_BG_INODE_ZEROED) even when e2fsck is running in read-only mode. We
> also move the check for E2F_OPT_NO so we can clear E2F_OPT_DISCARD as
> early as possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.

						- Ted
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