Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:12:23 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: glabel for ufs: size check is overzealous? Message-ID: <9bbcef730904220612s3ff4308fpc1d18e216a5c7773@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49EF1766.7030401@icyb.net.ua> References: <49EDCA21.70908@icyb.net.ua> <gskrld$vo0$1@ger.gmane.org> <49EDF80F.3070105@icyb.net.ua> <gsl446$vae$1@ger.gmane.org> <49EF1645.70704@icyb.net.ua> <9bbcef730904220608y73cbf2d2s6921b05c1978a121@mail.gmail.com> <49EF1766.7030401@icyb.net.ua>
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2009/4/22 Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>: > on 22/04/2009 16:08 Ivan Voras said the following: >> 2009/4/22 Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>: >>> on 21/04/2009 21:43 Ivan Voras said the following: >>>> Andriy Gapon wrote: >>>>> I don't see why it should and - no, it actually does not. >>>>> fsck checks only filesystem's internal consistency, it doesn't check media size, etc. >>>> Well yes, if the number of blocks is really incorrect it should be >>>> visible from the arrangement of the metadata but still - that makes the >>>> field almost useless doesn't it? >>> How do you mean? >>> The field tells the filesystem size, how it can be useless? >> >> If nothing checks it and everything works, I'd say it's usefulness is >> a bit limited... > > ufs driver doesn't check it, the driver *uses* it, so... :-) But as you said, fsck will not fix an invalid value?
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