Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] btrfs-progs: warn users about the possible dangers of check --repair

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On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 01:16:03PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> The manual page of btrfsck clearly states 'btrfs check --repair' is a
> dangerous operation.
> 
> Although this warning is in place users do not read the manual page and/or
> are used to the behaviour of fsck utilities which repair the filesystem,
> and thus potentially cause harm.
> 
> Similar to 'btrfs balance' without any filters, add a warning and a
> countdown, so users can bail out before eventual corrupting the filesystem
> more than it already is.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>

For the record, this is on the way to 5.4. Thanks.



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