This is something that should be documented, as it is not obvious to everyone. Signed-off-by: Jan Tulak <jtulak@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 index 3731d6a..1b40fb8 100644 --- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 +++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 @@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ options where are not obfuscated. Names between 5 and 8 characters in length inclusively are partially obfuscated. .PP +Log recovery of an obfuscated metadata image can leak +unobfuscated metadata and/or cause image corruption. Please mount +the source filesystem to clean the log or disable obfuscation, if possible. +If you have to obfuscate an image with a dirty log, tell about it to whoever +you are sending the image to. +.PP .B xfs_metadump should not be used for any purposes other than for debugging and reporting filesystem problems. The most common usage scenario for this tool is when -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
