Re: [PATCH] mkfs: make inobtcount visible

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On 1/4/21 1:31 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 02:57:54AM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 10:29:21AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/4/21 9:28 AM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>>> On 1/4/21 5:30 AM, Zorro Lang wrote:
>>>>> When set inobtcount=1/0, we can't see it from xfs geometry report.
>>>>> So make it visible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Hi Zorro - thanks for spotting this.
>>>>
>>>> I think the libxfs changes need to hit the kernel first, then we can
>>>> pull it in and fix up the report_geom function.  Nothing calls
>>>> xfs_fs_geometry directly in userspace, FWIW.
>>>
>>> Hah, of course I forgot about libxfs_fs_geometry. o_O
>>>
>>> In any case, I think this should hit the kernel first, want to send
>>> that patch if it's not already on the list?
>>
>> I can give it a try, if Darrick haven't had one in his developing list :)
> 
> Why do we need to expose INOBTCNT/inobtcount via the geometry ioctl?
> It doesn't expose any user-visible functionality.

Just to follow up, my thought here is that mkfs output / xfs_info output
should reflect what's needed to create a filesystem w/ the same
geometry/features, and since this is a mkfs option, it should be reflected.

Darrick already RVB'd the kernel patch, so we're now just cruising along
like a well-oiled machine. ;)

-Eric



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