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

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On Sat, Mar 02, 2024 at 03:01:41PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.

That would also work.

--D




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