Re: [PATCH] shared/298: run xfs_db against the loop device instead of the image file

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On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 09:47:56AM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Might want to leave a comment here about why xfs uses $loop_dev unlike
> the other clauses that use $img_file

Well, as I tried to explain in my commit message running it against
the file always seemed weird.  The loop device is the canonical place
to run fs tools against.  I can throw in a cleanup patch to also do
this for the other file systems.





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