fsck parallel check

[Eugene Grosbein]

16.04.2020 23:59, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

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> In message <571d8b81-f4f9-d371-6cf2-2e7aeb82a09b at grosbein.net>, Eugene Grosbein writes:
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>> Not necessary. Fsck tries to parse device name this way: /path/to/nameNUMBERrest
>> so it skips all chars upto last /, then extracts "name" part not containing any digits,
>> then extracts NUMBER part containing only digits, upto maximum lenght.
>> Then is uses nameNUMBER for "disk name".
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> Yeah, that part sucks...
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> I think it would make sense to make the heuristic that if there are any
> entries with pass > 2, then ignore the "disk name" and simply run all
> entries for each pass number in parallel, trusting root to have it
> figured out.
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> If the highest passnumber is 2, retain the "disk name" heuristic.

I like it.