git: 017d52e38ab3 - stable/13 - Enable soft updates by default for UFS2 filesystems.

From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 19:22:31 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by mckusick:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=017d52e38ab332b140ab40231ef920bcc3b2b1c1

commit 017d52e38ab332b140ab40231ef920bcc3b2b1c1
Author:     Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-05-15 05:38:35 +0000
Commit:     Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-05-22 19:22:14 +0000

    Enable soft updates by default for UFS2 filesystems.
    
    Reviewed-by: Warner Losh, kib
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45201
    
    (cherry picked from commit 61dece6d27fb2436928ca93d65667b358e05aa7b)
---
 sbin/newfs/newfs.8 | 8 +++++---
 sbin/newfs/newfs.c | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index 915304caaa40..0b9f66a7e76d 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"     @(#)newfs.8	8.6 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
-.\"
-.Dd October 21, 2022
+.Dd May 18, 2024
 .Dt NEWFS 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -100,6 +98,10 @@ The default format is UFS2.
 For backward compatibility.
 .It Fl U
 Enable soft updates on the new file system.
+Soft updates are enabled by default for UFS2 format file systems.
+Use
+.Xr tunefs 8
+to disable soft updates if they are not wanted.
 .It Fl a Ar maxcontig
 Specify the maximum number of contiguous blocks that will be
 laid out before forcing a rotational delay.
diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.c b/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
index 1db317766692..6e69a6c5437b 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		fprintf(stderr, "because minfree is less than %d%%\n", MINFREE);
 		opt = FS_OPTSPACE;
 	}
+	/* Use soft updates by default for UFS2 and above */
+	if (Oflag > 1)
+		Uflag = 1;
 	realsectorsize = sectorsize;
 	if (sectorsize != DEV_BSIZE) {		/* XXX */
 		int secperblk = sectorsize / DEV_BSIZE;