From 227bea6c7ef89b707fe2c01c4d0d0fb9081e8c04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:34:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] mkfs: Force mke2fs to create a filesystem even on raw IDE
 device (RHBZ#690819).

---
 daemon/mkfs.c             | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 regressions/Makefile.am   |  3 ++-
 regressions/rhbz690819.sh | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 regressions/rhbz690819.sh

diff --git a/daemon/mkfs.c b/daemon/mkfs.c
index 07eefb2..ea9fd7f 100644
--- a/daemon/mkfs.c
+++ b/daemon/mkfs.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* libguestfs - the guestfsd daemon
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Red Hat Inc.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -41,10 +41,26 @@ do_mkfs_opts (const char *fstype, const char *device, int blocksize, const char
   int r;
   char *err;
 
-  argv[i++] = "mkfs";
+  /* For ext2/3/4 run the mke2fs program directly.  This is because
+   * the mkfs program "eats" some options, in particular the -F
+   * option.
+   */
+  if (STREQ (fstype, "ext2") || STREQ (fstype, "ext3") ||
+      STREQ (fstype, "ext4"))
+    argv[i++] = "mke2fs";
+  else
+    argv[i++] = "mkfs";
+
   argv[i++] = "-t";
   argv[i++] = fstype;
 
+  /* Force mke2fs to create a filesystem, even if it thinks it
+   * shouldn't (RHBZ#690819).
+   */
+  if (STREQ (fstype, "ext2") || STREQ (fstype, "ext3") ||
+      STREQ (fstype, "ext4"))
+    argv[i++] = "-F";
+
   /* mkfs.ntfs requires the -Q argument otherwise it writes zeroes
    * to every block and does bad block detection, neither of which
    * are useful behaviour for virtual devices.
diff --git a/regressions/Makefile.am b/regressions/Makefile.am
index b01d3a5..9c181bd 100644
--- a/regressions/Makefile.am
+++ b/regressions/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # libguestfs
-# Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	rhbz576879.sh \
 	rhbz578407.sh \
 	rhbz580246.sh \
+	rhbz690819.sh \
 	test-add-domain.sh \
 	test-both-ends-cancel.sh \
 	test-cancellation-download-librarycancels.sh \
diff --git a/regressions/rhbz690819.sh b/regressions/rhbz690819.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f4c10ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regressions/rhbz690819.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash -
+# libguestfs
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690819
+# mkfs fails creating a filesytem on a disk device when using a disk
+# with 'ide' interface
+
+set -e
+export LANG=C
+
+rm -f test.img
+
+truncate -s 100M test.img
+
+../fish/guestfish <<EOF
+add-drive-with-if test.img ide
+run
+mkfs ext3 /dev/sda
+mount /dev/sda /
+EOF
+
+rm -f test.img
-- 
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