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From 2f121a201133bf6b8efeda5d898c938d12bd6f65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
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From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> |
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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 18:34:57 -0400 |
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Subject: [PATCH] tune2fs: edit dire warning about check intervals |
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Time & mount-count based checks have been off by default for quite some |
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time now, but the dire warning about disabling them remains in the |
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tune2fs manpage, which is confusing. We did "strongly consider |
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the consequences" and disabled it by default, no need to scare the |
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user about it now. Inform the user of the consequences in a more |
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measured tone. |
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Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> |
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Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca> |
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Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> |
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misc/tune2fs.8.in | 15 ++++++--------- |
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1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.8.in b/misc/tune2fs.8.in |
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index e07da28..8949f64 100644 |
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--- a/misc/tune2fs.8.in |
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+++ b/misc/tune2fs.8.in |
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@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ Staggering the mount-counts at which filesystems are forcibly |
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checked will avoid all filesystems being checked at one time |
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when using journaled filesystems. |
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.sp |
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-You should strongly consider the consequences of disabling |
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+Mount-count-dependent checking is disabled by default to avoid |
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+unanticipated long reboots while e2fsck does its work. However, |
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+you may wish to consider the consequences of disabling |
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mount-count-dependent checking entirely. Bad disk drives, cables, |
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memory, and kernel bugs could all corrupt a filesystem without |
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marking the filesystem dirty or in error. If you are using |
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@@ -277,15 +279,10 @@ as months, and |
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.B w |
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as weeks. A value of zero will disable the time-dependent checking. |
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.sp |
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-It is strongly recommended that either |
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+There are pros and cons to disabling these periodic checks; see the |
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+discussion under the |
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.B \-c |
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-(mount-count-dependent) or |
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-.B \-i |
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-(time-dependent) checking be enabled to force periodic full |
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-.BR e2fsck (8) |
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-checking of the filesystem. Failure to do so may lead to filesystem |
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-corruption (due to bad disks, cables, memory, or kernel bugs) going |
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-unnoticed, ultimately resulting in data loss or corruption. |
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+(mount-count-dependent check) option for details. |
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.TP |
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.B \-j |
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Add an ext3 journal to the filesystem. If the |
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