When the fsck_ffs program cannot fully repair a file system, it will
output the message PLEASE RERUN FSCK. However, it does not exit with a
non-zero status in this case (contradicting the man page claim that it
"exits with 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs." The fsck
rc-script (when running "fsck -y") tests the status from fsck (which
passes along the exit status from fsck_ffs) and issues a "stop_boot"
if the status fails. However, this is not effective since fsck_ffs can
return zero even on (some) errors. Effectively, it is left to a later
step in the boot process when the file systems are mounted to detect
the still-unclean file system and stop the boot.
This change modifies fsck_ffs so that when it cannot fully repair the
file system and issues the PLEASE RERUN FSCK message it also exits
with a non-zero status.
While here, the fsck_ffs man page has also been updated to document
the failing exit status codes used by fsck_ffs. Previously, only exit
status 7 was documented. Some of these exit statuses are tested for in
the fsck rc-script, so they are clearly depended upon and deserve
documentation.
Reviewed by: mckusick, vangyzen, jilles (manpages)
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Dell EMC
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13862
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