Re: [PATCH] Add ext2/3/4-specific _check_extN_filesystem function

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:57:47AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> The _check_generic_filesystem function doesn't force a full filesystem
> check, so filesystem inconsistencies after a test wouldn't be noticed.
> To fix this, I added an extN specific check filesystem function.

Looks like the only difference between the generic and the extN
check routine is the addition of -f to the fsck command line.  What
about just introducing a _fsck_args similar to _mount_opts where
filesystems can set their additional required mount options?