linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] f2fs: add an ioctl() to explicitly trigger fsck later

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Message-ID: <20181205192954.cv75pkfvqxkayqlz@devuan>
Date:   Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:29:54 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: add an ioctl() to explicitly trigger fsck later

On Wed 2018-11-28 17:52:57, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> This adds an option in ioctl(F2FS_IOC_SHUTDOWN) in order to trigger fsck by
> setting a NEED_FSCK flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>

I don't expect to use it too often, but it makes sense.
									Pavel
									
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