linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] tune2fs: allow removal of dirty journal with two "-f" options

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Message-ID: <20140221013449.GA31047@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:34:49 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	james.faulkner@...e.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tune2fs: allow removal of dirty journal with two "-f"
 options

On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 02:08:11PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Jim pointed out that "tune2fs -f -O ^has_journal" won't remove the
> journal if the needs_recovery flag is set; the manpage seems to indicate
> that it should.  And if you've lost an external journal and can no longer
> replay it, how should one proceed?
> 
> Change tune2fs so that two "-f" options will allow removal of a dirty
> journal from a filesystem, even if the filesystem needs recovery.
> 
> e2fsck can then do its best to pick up the pieces.
> 
> Reported-by: Jim Faulkner <james.faulkner@...e.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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