Re: fs periodic check (was Re: 2.6.22-rc1 killed my ext3 filesystem cleanly unmounted)

From: Theodore Tso
Date: Mon May 28 2007 - 22:59:41 EST


On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 05:39:11PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Right. Could we get more helpful message here? 'Filesystem check on
> next boot on AC power'?

So "(check deferred; on battery)" wasn't explicit enough? I guess I
assumed that users would understand that the opposite of "on battery"
was "on AC power". I guess I could say "(check defferred 'til on AC
power)" if people think it would be clearer.

> Or maybe keep counting, and when we reach 2x mount-count-limit,
> force a fsck, battery power or not?

We do that already. It's just tough to make that all fit on an 80
status message. :-)

- Ted
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