linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dumpe2fs: dump blocks count used by super and GDT

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Date:	Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:43:10 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dumpe2fs: dump blocks count used by super and GDT

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 09:02:07AM +0800, Yongqiang Yang wrote:
> Blocks count used by super and GDT is dumped so that users
> can know how many blocks are taken up by super and GDT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>

I'm not convinced this is sufficiently useful to be worth adding to
dumpe2fs.  How many users really need to know this?

	       	    	  	      - Ted
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