Re: [PATCH 1/2][BTRFS-PROGS] add the "--force" switch to the mkfs.btrfs command

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   Hi, Goffredo,

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 06:45:13PM +0200, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> As requested by Mitch, I resend the patch related to the "--force" option for 
> the mkfs.btrfs command.
> 
> This patch allow to bypass the check which ensure that you are formatting a 
> not mounted partition/disk.
> Sometime (eg in a chrooted environment where the /proc filesystem is not 
> mounted ) you don't have all the information, and the check fails even if the 
> device is not mounted.
> 
> Passing the --force|-f flag to the mkfs.btrfs command you bypass this check.
> 
> This patch update the mkfs.c program.

   Could I have your signed-off-by for these two patches, please?
(This one and the subsequent one that does the man pages). I'm also
missing your S-o-B on the man page patch series -- no need to respin
the patches, just supply the relevant S-o-B line that I can put in.

   Thanks,
   Hugo.

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