linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fsck: skip fixing UUID on a mounted filesystem with csums

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Date:	Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:21:14 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Michael Marineau <michael.marineau@...eos.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsck: skip fixing UUID on a mounted filesystem with
 csums

On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 02:09:34PM -0800, Michael Marineau wrote:
> This fix is similar to 66457fcb for tune2fs. When booting from a root
> filesystem with an empty UUID which fsck fixes the following remount
> step reliably fails, leaving the filesystem in an inconsistent state.
> Like the tune2fs fix this patch resolves the issue by simply refusing to
> update the UUID if the filesystem is mounted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Marineau <michael.marineau@...eos.com>

Applied, thanks!

					- Ted
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