linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fsck: completely ignore last-mount and last-write within fudge

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Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 2015 14:08:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Eric Sandeen <esandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsck: completely ignore last-mount and last-write within fudge_time


> On Apr 1, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 03:06:42PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
>>>    e2fsck: use PROMPT_NONE for FUTURE_SB_LAST_*_FUDGED problems
>>> 
>>>    This allows us to print a message warning the user that there is
>>>    something funny going on with their hardware clock (probably time zone
>>>    issues caused by trying to be compatible with legacy OS's such as
>>>    Windows), without triggering a full file system check.
>>> 
>>>    Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
>>  OK, so this will just print the error but won't fix it unless in preen
>> or full check mode. Am I right. That sounds fine to me.
> 
> Actually, it will fix it unless the run in -n mode, but it won't count
> it as a "fix".  Hence, it won't trigger the full file system check.
> 
>                                       - Ted

Avoiding the full check is my only real concern so that's fine.  Docs might need updates.

-Eric--
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