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Kirk McKusick fb14e73cb4 Normally when an attempt is made to mount a UFS/FFS filesystem whose
superblock has a check-hash error, an error message noting the
superblock check-hash failure is printed and the mount fails. The
administrator then runs fsck to repair the filesystem and when
successful, the filesystem can once again be mounted.

This approach fails if the filesystem in question is a root filesystem
from which you are trying to boot. Here, the loader fails when trying
to access the filesystem to get the kernel to boot. So it is necessary
to allow the loader to ignore the superblock check-hash error and make
a best effort to read the kernel. The filesystem may be suffiently
corrupted that the read attempt fails, but there is no harm in trying
since the loader makes no attempt to write to the filesystem.

Once the kernel is loaded and starts to run, it attempts to mount its
root filesystem. Once again, failure means that it breaks to its prompt
to ask where to get its root filesystem. Unless you have an alternate
root filesystem, you are stuck.

Since the root filesystem is initially mounted read-only, it is
safe to make an attempt to mount the root filesystem with the failed
superblock check-hash. Thus, when asked to mount a root filesystem
with a failed superblock check-hash, the kernel prints a warning
message that the root filesystem superblock check-hash needs repair,
but notes that it is ignoring the error and proceeding. It does
mark the filesystem as needing an fsck which prevents it from being
enabled for writing until fsck has been run on it. The net effect
is that the reboot fails to single user, but at least at that point
the administrator has the tools at hand to fix the problem.

Reported by:    Rick Macklem (rmacklem@)
Discussed with: Warner Losh (imp@)
Sponsored by:   Netflix
2018-12-06 00:09:39 +00:00
bin Clarify that /dev/kmem is not used. 2018-12-03 20:01:51 +00:00
cddl dtrace(1): remove reference to dtruss that was removed from base 2018-10-31 15:29:26 +00:00
contrib opensm: Use precision specifier for scanf 2018-12-05 13:28:46 +00:00
crypto Merge OpenSSL 1.1.1a. 2018-11-20 21:10:04 +00:00
etc Add ga_IE.UTF-8 locale. 2018-11-26 19:39:49 +00:00
gnu Do not install GNU ld if lld is /usr/bin/ld 2018-11-26 17:07:35 +00:00
include Import OpenSSL 1.1.1a. 2018-11-20 18:59:41 +00:00
kerberos5 Update the existing heimdal implementation for OpenSSL 1.1. 2018-10-05 16:35:24 +00:00
lib Normally when an attempt is made to mount a UFS/FFS filesystem whose 2018-12-06 00:09:39 +00:00
libexec Tidy up arm64 reloc_jmpslots() implementation. 2018-12-05 10:30:53 +00:00
release mkisoimages.sh: don't use -p flag when copying loader.efi to msdosfs. 2018-12-03 22:31:57 +00:00
rescue rescue: set NO_SHARED in Makefile 2018-11-19 22:18:18 +00:00
sbin Normally when an attempt is made to mount a UFS/FFS filesystem whose 2018-12-06 00:09:39 +00:00
secure Merge OpenSSL 1.1.1a. 2018-11-20 21:10:04 +00:00
share ixl(4) has netdump support via iflib. 2018-12-05 18:19:29 +00:00
stand Normally when an attempt is made to mount a UFS/FFS filesystem whose 2018-12-06 00:09:39 +00:00
sys Normally when an attempt is made to mount a UFS/FFS filesystem whose 2018-12-06 00:09:39 +00:00
targets retire LINKER_FEATURES filter flag 2018-11-12 20:44:22 +00:00
tests pf tests: Add a defer mode test for pfsync 2018-12-05 19:53:09 +00:00
tools Remove test for KSE (removed in 2008). 2018-12-04 00:22:08 +00:00
usr.bin Print type designator 'D' for the KF_TYPE_DEV files. 2018-12-03 23:42:04 +00:00
usr.sbin Normally when an attempt is made to mount a UFS/FFS filesystem whose 2018-12-06 00:09:39 +00:00
.arcconfig callsign isn't required anymore 2016-09-29 06:19:45 +00:00
.arclint arc lint: ignore /tests/ in chmod 2017-12-19 03:38:06 +00:00
.gitattributes sfxge(4): fix incorrectly set svn properties 2018-11-26 07:30:47 +00:00
.gitignore Ignore _.universe-toolchain file. 2018-07-01 13:50:37 +00:00
COPYRIGHT Remove 'All Rights Reserved' from the collection copyright and templates. 2018-05-09 02:02:49 +00:00
LOCKS LOCKS: update current locks 2018-06-09 03:08:04 +00:00
MAINTAINERS Add pointer to freebsd-numerics for libm. 2018-07-16 15:29:32 +00:00
Makefile Update comment about 'universe' disk usage 2018-11-10 19:09:48 +00:00
Makefile.inc1 Fix newvers.sh with BUILD_WITH_STRICT_TMPPATH=1 2018-12-05 10:57:57 +00:00
Makefile.libcompat Use ...-freebsd13.0 in -target strings. 2018-11-12 16:55:20 +00:00
Makefile.sys.inc AUTO_OBJ: For all top-level targets enforce using an OBJDIR. 2017-12-05 21:29:47 +00:00
ObsoleteFiles.inc - Add a belated UPDATING entry for the ixlv(4) -> iavf(4) rename in r339338. 2018-11-27 12:11:16 +00:00
README Import OpenSSL 1.1.1a. 2018-11-20 18:59:41 +00:00
README.md README: add generic notes about GENERIC and NOTES 2018-06-17 19:44:24 +00:00
UPDATING - Add a belated UPDATING entry for the ixlv(4) -> iavf(4) rename in r339338. 2018-11-27 12:11:16 +00:00

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