Re: [PATCH] xfs_db: add -R option

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> Well, I don't really like either patch for the reasons stated above.
> xfs_db /can/ write to the filesystem, and -r disables that... but -r
> as a modifier to affect the behavior of a read-only command is
> unintuitive.
> 
> "It is only necessary to omit this flag if a command that changes data
> (write, blocktrash, crc) is to be used."
> 
> What are the objections to a blockget modifier option?  That seemed like
> the most direct & obvious solution to me.
> 
> "blockget/check -L : attempt to perform the blockget and check functions
> even if the log contains unreplayed metadata," or something like that?

Ah, OK. I'm getting what you're saying now. Let me poke around with
the code some and produce a patch that does what you're suggesting.

--Hal

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