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Message-ID: <5179C331.7050109@sx.jp.nec.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:58:41 +0900
From: Kazuya Mio <k-mio@...jp.nec.com>
To: tytso@....edu
CC: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mke2fs: fix force option to create filesystem on
mounted device
2013/02/04 17:04, Kazuya Mio wrote:
> According to mke2fs man, we can create a filesystem on the mounted device
> when -FF option is specified.
> However, currently we have to specify -F option third to force mke2fs.
> This patch fixes the problem.
>
> Note that force mke2fs for mounted block device fails because mke2fs opens
> a device with O_EXCL flag. This work is contradictory to mke2fs man page,
> but I'm not sure it should be fixed or not. What do you think?
Ted, please merge two patches if no problem is found.
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/217838/
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/217839/
Regards,
Kazuya Mio
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