On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 09:57:17PM +0200, Ilya Dryomov wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 01:37:02AM +0100, Ian Kumlien wrote:
> > the btrfs command now lists:
> >     btrfs rescue select-super -s <number> <device>
> >         Select a superblock
> >     btrfs rescue dump-super <device>
> >         Dump a superblock to disk
> >     btrfs rescue debug-tree [options] <device>
> >         Debug the filesystem
> > 
> > btrfs-dump-super.c was imported in to cmds-rescue-super-ops.c
> > 
> > This patch integrates all the functionality...
> > 
> > cmds-rescue.c is used to glue cmds-rescue-debug-tree.c,
> > cmds-rescue-restore.c and cmds-rescue-super-ops.c together to
> > make the source files more managable.
> 
> I think btrfs-debug-tree should go under debug -- btrfs debug dump-tree.
> Same goes for btrfs-dump-super -- btrfs debug dump-super.  These
> commands won't help an average user to rescue a single byte, they are
> there to help developers.  I suppose you can also import btrfs-image
> under btrfs debug dump-image.

   Can I put in a suggestion of using inspect-internal instead? Since
we've already got that one already? (But I'm not bothered about debug;
either is good).

   Hugo.

> This leaves the question of whether we want select-super under rescue.
> Given that it can easily do more harm than good, it might not be the
> best place for it..
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>               Ilya

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