linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] mke2fs, tune2fs, resize2fs: add warning messages for bigalloc and quota

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:24:47 -0700
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:	Eric Sandeen <esandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs, tune2fs, resize2fs: add warning messages for bigalloc and quota

On 2013-01-21, at 17:19, Eric Sandeen <esandeen@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2013, at 6:16 PM, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> 
>> The bigalloc and quota features have some known issues, so issue
>> warnings in case users try to use them.
>> 
> Looks good, thanks Ted.

My preference would be to have separate "--force-bigalloc" and "--force-quota" options instead of lumping everything under a single "--force/-f" flag. That can become habitual for one kind of usage (e.g. mke2fs on a regular file) and then it also forces other dangerous behaviour (such as these) as an unknown side effect. 

Cheers, Andreas 

>> More information can be found here:
>>   https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Bigalloc
>>   https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Quota
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
>> ---
>> misc/mke2fs.c  | 12 ++++++++++++
>> misc/tune2fs.c |  4 ++++
>> resize/main.c  | 14 ++++++++++++++
>> 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
>> index ace9eae..fe5ce7d 100644
>> --- a/misc/mke2fs.c
>> +++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
>> @@ -1942,6 +1942,18 @@ profile_error:
>>       exit(1);
>>   }
>> 
>> +    if (fs_param.s_feature_ro_compat & EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_BIGALLOC)
>> +        fprintf(stderr, _("\nWarning: the bigalloc feature is still "
>> +                  "under development\n"
>> +                  "See https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/"
>> +                  "index.php/Bigalloc for more information\n\n"));
>> +
>> +    if (fs_param.s_feature_ro_compat & EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_QUOTA)
>> +        fprintf(stderr, _("\nWarning: the quota feature is still "
>> +                  "under development\n"
>> +                  "See https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/"
>> +                  "index.php/Quota for more information\n\n"));
>> +
>>   /* Since sparse_super is the default, we would only have a problem
>>    * here if it was explicitly disabled.
>>    */
>> diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.c b/misc/tune2fs.c
>> index 2c8b9e8..849f3a0 100644
>> --- a/misc/tune2fs.c
>> +++ b/misc/tune2fs.c
>> @@ -736,6 +736,10 @@ void handle_quota_options(ext2_filsys fs)
>>   quota_release_context(&qctx);
>> 
>>   if ((usrquota == QOPT_ENABLE) || (grpquota == QOPT_ENABLE)) {
>> +        fprintf(stderr, _("\nWarning: the quota feature is still "
>> +                  "under development\n"
>> +                  "See https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/"
>> +                  "index.php/Quota for more information\n\n"));
>>       fs->super->s_feature_ro_compat |= EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_QUOTA;
>>       ext2fs_mark_super_dirty(fs);
>>   } else if (!fs->super->s_usr_quota_inum &&
>> diff --git a/resize/main.c b/resize/main.c
>> index 711e375..4cbfe69 100644
>> --- a/resize/main.c
>> +++ b/resize/main.c
>> @@ -147,6 +147,18 @@ static void determine_fs_stride(ext2_filsys fs)
>> #endif
>> }
>> 
>> +static bigalloc_check(ext2_filsys fs, int force)
>> +{
>> +    if (!force && EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super,
>> +                EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_BIGALLOC)) {
>> +        fprintf(stderr, _("\nResizing bigalloc file systems has "
>> +                  "not been fully tested.  Proceed\n"
>> +                  "at your own risk!  Use the force option "
>> +                  "if you want to go ahead anyway.\n\n"));
>> +        exit(1);
>> +    }
>> +}
>> +
>> int main (int argc, char ** argv)
>> {
>>   errcode_t    retval;
>> @@ -428,6 +440,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
>>       exit(0);
>>   }
>>   if (mount_flags & EXT2_MF_MOUNTED) {
>> +        bigalloc_check(fs, force);
>>       retval = online_resize_fs(fs, mtpt, &new_size, flags);
>>   } else {
>>       if (!force && ((fs->super->s_lastcheck < fs->super->s_mtime) ||
>> @@ -438,6 +451,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
>>               device_name);
>>           exit(1);
>>       }
>> +        bigalloc_check(fs, force);
>>       printf(_("Resizing the filesystem on "
>>            "%s to %llu (%dk) blocks.\n"),
>>              device_name, new_size, fs->blocksize / 1024);
>> -- 
>> 1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b
>> 
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