[Libguestfs] [PATCH V2] NEW API:xfs:xfs_repair

[Wanlong Gao]

On 08/29/2012 04:59 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 03:32:48PM +0800, Wanlong Gao wrote:
>> On 08/28/2012 09:06 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>>>>> +  if (!(optargs_bitmask & GUESTFS_XFS_REPAIR_IMGFILE_BITMASK))
>>>>> +    imgfile = 0;
>>> This xfs_repair -f option is annoying!  Also the way you've defined
>>> the "device" parameter (as type Device) means it won't work -- the
>>> caller would never be able to use a non-device as a parameter.
>>>
>>> Instead, can we check for the input being file or device and add the
>>> option automatically?  It should be sufficient to change the code to
>>> something like:
>>>
>>>   ... Dev_or_path "device" ...
>>>
>>>   if (STRPREFIX (device, "/dev/"))
>>>     is_device = 1;
>>>
>>>   if (!is_device) {
>>>     /* do the sysroot adjustment, and add -f parameter */
>>>   } else {
>>>     /* just add device parameter */
>>>   }
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, I can't understand here, since the original xfs_repair command
>> just receive "device" as its parameter, I wonder why do you suggest to use
>> "Dev_or_path" here. 
> 
> Not sure I understand the question, but it looks like 'xfs_repair -f'
> is used to repair a filesystem stored inside a file, not a device.

Now, I got it. thank you.

Wanlong Gao

> 
> Rich.
>