> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 07:48:21AM -0500, Jim Mostek wrote:
> >
> > If you look at the code, the XFS_MOUNT_NORECOVERY flag is set
> > to skip recovery. But, we must already have a consistent file system when
> > this flag is used. This is not what we should use for a read-only mount
> > of root. We need a separate flag. xlog_recovery would then do recovery
> > even on read-only mounts. Anyone have time to do this? I'll add this to
> > the mount as root work item.
>
> Don't forget that readonly support also requires the ability to
> remount the filesystem between ro and rw, and the ability to suspend
> atime updates while the filesystem is readonly.
>
> --Stephen
XFS already has read only support - we just need to allow recovery in read only
mode, and the Linux remount code in XFS seems broken, so getting from
read only to read-write is broken I think.
Steve
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