Hi Russell, Nicholas D Steeves <nstee...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi Russell, > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:03:59 +1000 Russell Coker <russ...@coker.com.au> wrote: >> >> 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? > Was this ever forwarded upstream? Also, I thought of one counter example: If a user uses the desktop interface to mount something then does 'btrfs device usage' work correctly? If so, then this bug needs to be made more specific. Cheers, Nicholas
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