linux-ext4 - [PATCH] resize2fs: If resize2fs fails, tell the user to run e2fsck

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:07:47 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH] resize2fs: If resize2fs fails, tell the user to run e2fsck

If the resize operation fails in the middle of the operation, mark the
filesystem as needing to be checked, and tell the user that they
should run e2fsck -fy on the device.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
---
 resize/main.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/resize/main.c b/resize/main.c
index 2dae161..990a967 100644
--- a/resize/main.c
+++ b/resize/main.c
@@ -455,7 +455,12 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	if (retval) {
 		com_err(program_name, retval, _("while trying to resize %s"),
 			device_name);
-		ext2fs_close (fs);
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			_("Please run 'e2fsck -fy %s' to fix the filesystem\n"
+			  "after the aborted resize operation"), device_name);
+		fs->super->s_state |= EXT2_ERROR_FS;
+		ext2fs_mark_super_dirty(fs);
+		ext2fs_close(fs);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	printf(_("The filesystem on %s is now %u blocks long.\n\n"),
-- 
1.6.3.2.1.gb9f7d.dirty

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