git: 7465f9fc0646 - stable/14 - Enable soft updates by default for UFS2 filesystems.

The branch stable/14 has been updated by mckusick:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=7465f9fc06467e57d3bbf2430031fe51d8182c30

commit 7465f9fc06467e57d3bbf2430031fe51d8182c30
Author:     Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-05-15 05:38:35 +0000
Commit:     Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-05-16 06:55:44 +0000

    Enable soft updates by default for UFS2 filesystems.
    
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45201
    
    (cherry picked from commit 61dece6d27fb2436928ca93d65667b358e05aa7b)
---
 sbin/newfs/newfs.8 | 6 +++++-
 sbin/newfs/newfs.c | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index e1496af814ca..0dc93cb8b78d 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)newfs.8	8.6 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
 .\"
-.Dd October 21, 2022
+.Dd May 18, 2024
 .Dt NEWFS 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ The default format is UFS2.
 For backward compatibility.
 .It Fl U
 Enable soft updates on the new file system.
+Soft updates are enabled by default for UFS2 format file systems.
+Use
+.Xr tunefs 8
+to disable soft updates if they are not wanted.
 .It Fl a Ar maxcontig
 Specify the maximum number of contiguous blocks that will be
 laid out before forcing a rotational delay.
diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.c b/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
index afb71f9f25b4..c96e414b85dd 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		fprintf(stderr, "because minfree is less than %d%%\n", MINFREE);
 		opt = FS_OPTSPACE;
 	}
+	/* Use soft updates by default for UFS2 and above */
+	if (Oflag > 1)
+		Uflag = 1;
 	realsectorsize = sectorsize;
 	if (sectorsize != DEV_BSIZE) {		/* XXX */
 		int secperblk = sectorsize / DEV_BSIZE;