Hi Russell, On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:03:59 +1000 Russell Coker <russ...@coker.com.au> wrote: > Package: btrfs-progs > Version: 6.6.3-1.1+b2 > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream > > Below is an example of comparing btrfs dev usa as root and non-root. When > run as non-root it is wrong in every way, there is not a single correct > value. I've done this on my laptop (single device) and on a server with 3 > devices and the results were similarly wrong. > > Instead of providing information that is wrong and misleading it should > just give an error and say that it needs root permissions. > > # btrfs dev usa / > /dev/mapper/root, ID: 1 > Device size: 476.37GiB > Device slack: 1.50KiB > Data,single: 170.01GiB > Metadata,DUP: 6.00GiB > System,DUP: 64.00MiB > Unallocated: 300.29GiB > > $ btrfs dev usa / > WARNING: cannot read detailed chunk info, per-device usage will not be shown, > run as root > /dev/mapper/root, ID: 1 > Device size: 952.73MiB > Device slack: 16.00EiB > Unallocated: 476.37GiB
I agree 100%. Would you please forward this upstream? Regards, Nicholas
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