different log info for mkfs.xfs and xfs_growfs

[Eric Sandeen]

Wengang Wang wrote:
> Hi experts,
> 
> I just noticed that the log info is different for mkfs.xfs and
> xfs_growfs.
> 
> [root at desk test-xfsprogs]# mkfs.xfs -llogdev=/dev/sda11,size=32768b
> /dev/sda10 -f
> meta-data=/dev/sda10             isize=256    agcount=4, agsize=1250558
> blks
>          =                       sectsz=512   attr=2
> data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=5002231, imaxpct=25
>          =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
> naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0
> log      =/dev/sda11             bsize=4096   blocks=32768, version=2
>          =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=0
> realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0
> [root at desk test-xfsprogs]# mount -ologdev=/dev/sda11 /dev/sda10 /xfs
> [root at desk test-xfsprogs]# xfs_growfs -n /xfs 
> meta-data=/dev/sda10             isize=256    agcount=4, agsize=1250558
> blks
>          =                       sectsz=512   attr=2
> data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=5002231, imaxpct=25
>          =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
> naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0
> log      =external               bsize=4096   blocks=32768, version=2
>          =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=0
> realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0
> 
> So xfs_growfs is simply reporting external.

The devicename isn't stored in the superblock, so growfs can't get it via
the XFS_IOC_FSGEOMETRY ioctl.

> Why there is such a difference? And how get to know the log device name after it
> is mounted?

/etc/mtab? :)

The UUID of the filesystem can be found in the log device after mkfs, but
xfs is also perfectly happy with a completely zeroed-out log device (after
a clean unmount).

> It's 3.0.0 of xfsprogs. I failed to test with upstream because of the
> comlilation error:
> [wwg at desk xfsprogs.git]$ make
> Building include
> Building libxfs
>     [DEP]
> /usr/bin/makedepend: warning:  ignoring option -Wall
> /usr/bin/makedepend: error:  cannot open "no-strict-aliasing"
>     [LD]     libxfs.la
> libtool: link: only absolute run-paths are allowed
> gmake[2]: *** [libxfs.la] Error 1
> gmake[1]: *** [libxfs] Error 2
> make: *** [default] Error 2

I think I saw this once but it went away; does a make realclean
fix it up for you - or was this a pristine git tree?

-Eric

> regards,
> wengang.
> 
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