Re: [PATCH v2] common/rc: add repair fsck flag -f for ext4

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On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 11:51:25PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 02:20:22PM -0700, Leah Rumancik wrote:
> > There is a descrepancy between the fsck flags for ext4 during
> > filesystem repair and filesystem checking which causes occasional test
> > failures. In particular, _check_generic_filesystems uses -f for force
> > checking, but _repair_scratch_fs does not. In some tests, such as
> > generic/441, we sometimes exit fsck repair early with the filesystem
> > being deemed "clean" but then _check_generic_filesystems finds issues
> > during the forced full check. Bringing these flags in sync fixes the
> > flakes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Leah Rumancik <leah.rumancik@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Looks good to me, although I might suggest ammending or just dropping
> the comment:
> 
> >  	# Let's hope fsck -y suffices...
> 
> ... since obviously, for ext[234] it wasn't sufficient.   :-)

Thanks Ted, I'll remove it when I merge this patch :)

Thanks,
Zorro

> 
>     	  	     	 	     	    - Ted
> 





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