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authorDavid Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>2022-03-25 15:43:53 -0500
committerDavid Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>2022-03-25 15:43:53 -0500
commitf1578b4a5d0bf49ab2b07c86c982cfa5aaa60a84 (patch)
tree42074d66ed7e2755b7db3c7922b842409094c66c /tools
parent72f0b637d239c893ca49b05b83e2ebddc327e900 (diff)
downloadlvm2-f1578b4a5d0bf49ab2b07c86c982cfa5aaa60a84.tar.gz
Move nolocking warning to man page
It's more logical to warn about --nolocking in the man page before it's used rather than after it's used and too late. Also, warnings are usually for things the user may not know.
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/args.h3
-rw-r--r--tools/lvmcmdline.c5
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/args.h b/tools/args.h
index 56669645d..ecb650234 100644
--- a/tools/args.h
+++ b/tools/args.h
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ arg(nohistory_ARG, '\0', "nohistory", 0, 0, 0,
"metadata/record_lvs_history is enabled.\n")
arg(nolocking_ARG, '\0', "nolocking", 0, 0, 0,
- "Disable locking.\n")
+ "Disable locking. Use with caution, concurrent commands may produce\n")
+ "incorrect results.\n")
arg(norestorefile_ARG, '\0', "norestorefile", 0, 0, 0,
"In conjunction with --uuid, this allows a uuid to be specified\n"
diff --git a/tools/lvmcmdline.c b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
index 241c6df18..1e3547ed7 100644
--- a/tools/lvmcmdline.c
+++ b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
@@ -3267,10 +3267,7 @@ int lvm_run_command(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
if (arg_is_set(cmd, readonly_ARG))
readonly = 1;
- if (cmd->nolocking) {
- if (!_cmd_no_meta_proc(cmd))
- log_warn("WARNING: File locking is disabled.");
- } else {
+ if (!cmd->nolocking) {
if (!init_locking(cmd, sysinit, readonly, cmd->ignorelockingfailure)) {
ret = ECMD_FAILED;
goto_out;