linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/7] e2fsck: Clarify overflow link count error message

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Date:   Sat, 7 Mar 2020 13:52:00 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] e2fsck: Clarify overflow link count error message

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 11:15:56AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> When directory link count is set to overflow value (1) but during pass 4
> we find out the exact link count would fit, we either silently fix this
> (which is not great because e2fsck then reports the fs was modified but
> output doesn't indicate why in any way), or we report that link count is
> wrong and ask whether we should fix it (in case -n option was
> specified). The second case is even more misleading because it suggests
> non-trivial fs corruption which then gets silently fixed on the next
> run. Similarly to how we fix up other non-problems, just create a new
> error message for the case directory link count is not overflown anymore
> and always report it to clarify what is going on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Applied with a fixup to to tests/f_many_subdirs/expect.1, thanks.

(Please remember run "make check" before commiting a change.)

		     	   	  - Ted