linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] resize2fs: relax requirements for -P output a bit

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Message-ID: <20100717103750.GA4684@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:37:50 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] resize2fs: relax requirements for -P output a bit

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 01:27:44PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Requiring an immediate pre-fsck before printing a minimum
> resize size seems a bit draconian; if the fs isn't clean or marked
> with error, then certainly, but for an informational minimum
> size, I don't think we need to require a fsck since last mount.
> 
> I had simply copied the checks from the actual resize path,
> previously.
> 
> Installers use this option (-P) to gather minimum resize info,
> and requiring an actual fsck before use just seems to go too far.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Makes sense.  I've added it to the e2fsprogs maint branch.

      	      	   	       - Ted
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