From: Theodore Ts'o Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2image: Print a warning if running over a mounted filesystem Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:24:39 -0400 Message-ID: <20130930202439.GE5845@thunk.org> References: <1380308495-3956-1-git-send-email-cmaiolino@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Carlos Maiolino Return-path: Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:40350 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755422Ab3I3UYn (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:24:43 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1380308495-3956-1-git-send-email-cmaiolino@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 04:01:35PM -0300, Carlos Maiolino wrote: > Several users use to run e2image over a mounted RW filesystem, providing > inconsistent, useless e2images for debugging purposes. > This patch adds a warning in such cases, notifying the user and also adds a > force option making e2image able to run in such cases. > Also print a warning when not using qcow or raw formats but allows image > creation to proceed, since, such images might be used for metadata backup > purposes. > > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino This looks good to me; go ahead and update the man page. :-) - Ted