linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/8] e2fsprogs: save checksum seeds; misc fixes

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Date:	Fri, 4 Dec 2015 22:15:50 -0700
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	"tytso@....edu" <tytso@....edu>,
	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] e2fsprogs: save checksum seeds; misc fixes

Patch #6 should probably go in via maint?

Cheers, Andreas

> On Dec 4, 2015, at 19:44, Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Here's a short patch series that rolls up all my pending fixes for
> e2fsprogs.  The first five patches introduce the "metdata_csum_seed"
> feature which decouples the metadata block checksums from the FS UUID
> so that said UUID can be changed while the FS is mounted.
> 
> Patch #6 fixes filefrag not to report holes as fragmentation.
> 
> Patch #7 changes tune2fs so that prior to making invasive changes to
> the filesystem it'll check that the FS has been fsck'd recently and if
> so confirms with the administrator that they actually want to proceed.
> 
> Patch #8 teaches tune2fs to recover the journal if necessary.  This
> prevents tune2fs modifications from being clobbered by a journal
> replay.
> 
> The patchset should apply cleanly against the -next branch as of 30
> November.  Comments and questions are, as always, welcome.
> 
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