From: Eric Sandeen Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] mke2fs: proceed if the user doesn't type anything after 5 seconds Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:36:52 -0500 Message-ID: <535E7594.2030203@redhat.com> References: <1398556834-31913-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1398556834-31913-5-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <535E74D4.4050805@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Theodore Ts'o" , Ext4 Developers List Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52605 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756530AbaD1Pg4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:36:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <535E74D4.4050805@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 4/28/14, 10:33 AM, Eric Sandeen wrote: > On 4/26/14, 7:00 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote: >> If mke2fs needs to ask the user for permission, and the user doesn't >> type anything for five seconds, proceed as if the user had said yes. >> >> This will allow us to add more stringent checks without breaking >> existing scripts (much). > > Hm, this sounds a little dangerous - "-F" overrides a lot. To mitigate the danger, it might be better to keep the default, but allow setting a non-infinite delay in environments which require it. -Eric