Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

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


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