Re: [PATCH 0/2, RFC] xfsprogs: try to handle mkfs of a file on 4k sector device

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/28/14, 12:41 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> We can modify platform_findsizes() to use the fsgeom call to get the
>> "sector size" which should be used here, and warn that mismatches
>> might exist if it fails.
>>
>> This does mean there'll be a new warning emitted on fs images hosted
>> on non-xfs filesystems; I'm not really quite sure it's worth it,
>> hence the RFC nature of this lightly tested 2-patch series...
> 
> Might be time to introduce some generic VFS-level ioctl for the sector
> size and dio alignment.  Any beer or chocolate that could motivate you
> to get this done? :)

Roses from you, Christoph.  ;)

Yeah, we do desperately need this.  Not sure why nobody's done it yet,
I'll see if I can get the time & motivation going, and launch into
the bike shed building.  :)

> Also it would be nice to have a test case that exercises this new code.

Hm yeah fair enough; I tested it w/ scsi-debug...

-Eric