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Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock
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Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:44:57 +0200 |
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address@hidden wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Robert Millan wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 01:43:37PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Robert Millan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:18:05AM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2009-10-16 Vladimir Serbinenko <address@hidden>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> + * util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c (setup): Refuse to overwrite XFS
>>>>>> superblock.
>>>>>> + (options): New option --destroy-xfs.
>>>>>> + (main): Handle --destroy-xfs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I gave this some more thought, and I think this could be less ad-hoc.
>>>>> We're
>>>>> treating XFS as if it were a "weird", unique thing just because it isn't
>>>>> biased
>>>>> towards DOS-style boot like most filesystems are.
>>>>>
>>>>> Instead, I've done something more generic, using our standard filesystem
>>>>> probing engine which should be more reliable than a single memcmp.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The danger is that fs_probe may reject filesystem as valid just because
>>>> it's newer than expected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> What do you mean with "reject filesystem as valid"?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Sorry for being unclear. I just meant that if some XFS structures are
>> updated then our xfs driver won't recognise it as xfs
>>
>
>
> Then instead of blacklisting xfs, why not whitelist filesystems which
> are known to have usable blocks for embedding (doesn't the number of
> blocks vary with filesystem anyway?) and an override parameter
> (--into-unrecognized-fs).
>
>
In long term it's the best possibility but in this case we're too near
to a release. What I want is just to avoid XFS pitfall many users may
step into
>> --
>> Regards
>> Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
>> Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git
>>
>>
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Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Robert Millan, 2009/10/16
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/10/16
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Robert Millan, 2009/10/16
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/10/16
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Robert Millan, 2009/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Robert Millan, 2009/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Felix Zielcke, 2009/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, address@hidden, 2009/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock,
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <=
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Robert Millan, 2009/10/18
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/10/18
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Robert Millan, 2009/10/20
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/10/20
- Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock, Robert Millan, 2009/10/24