linux-ext4 - [PATCH][e2fsprogs] [resend]tune2fs: add force flag to tune2fs -I

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:53:07 +0800
From:	Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH][e2fsprogs] [resend]tune2fs: add force flag to tune2fs -I

Sorry, just found out that I messed up this patch...
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add force flag to tune2fs -I, because it may cause data corruption when
the last inode table block is followed by a in-use data block. If user
really want to tune the inode size, they should be warned about this.

Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>
---
 misc/tune2fs.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.c b/misc/tune2fs.c
index 453a529..7308773 100644
--- a/misc/tune2fs.c
+++ b/misc/tune2fs.c
@@ -1598,6 +1598,12 @@ retry_open:
 		ext2fs_mark_super_dirty(fs);
 	}
 	if (I_flag) {
+		if (f_flag) {
+			fputs(_("Enlarging inode size may cause data "
+				"corruption.\nUse with -f at your warranty. "
+				"Abort.\n"), stderr);
+			exit(1);
+		}
 		if (mount_flags & EXT2_MF_MOUNTED) {
 			fputs(_("The inode size may only be "
 				"changed when the filesystem is "







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