Re: [PATCH 2/2] mkfs: move 'mounted' check before 'existing fs' check

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On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 05:05:38PM +0200, Jan Tulak wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 4:49 PM Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 02:56:17PM +0200, Jan Tulak wrote:
> > > Check if a device is mounted (and issue an error about that) before
> > > asking for -f flag.
> > >
> > > Example of the old behaviour I'm changing:
> > > $ mkfs.xfs /dev/sda1
> > > mkfs.xfs: /dev/sda1 appears to contain an existing filesystem (xfs).
> > > mkfs.xfs: Use the -f option to force overwrite.
> > >
> > > $ mkfs.xfs -f /dev/sda1
> > > mkfs.xfs: /dev/sda1 contains a mounted filesystem
> >
> > I'm confused by the commit message -- what is the new behavior?
> >
> > Is it this?
> >
> > $ mkfs.xfs /dev/sda1
> > mkfs.xfs: /dev/sda1 contains a mounted filesystem
> >
> > $ mkfs.xfs -f /dev/sda1
> > mkfs.xfs: /dev/sda1 contains a mounted filesystem
> 
> Yes. I should put it right into the commit message.

With that added,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> 
> Jan
> 
> -- 
> Jan Tulak
> jtulak@xxxxxxxxxx / jan@xxxxxxxx



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