3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mkfs.c b/mkfs.c
index c16aeb9a..83c4a6a6 100644
--- a/mkfs.c
+++ b/mkfs.c
@@ -1429,6 +1429,12 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 			nodesize * i;
 	}
 
+	if (group_profile_max_safe_loss(metadata_profile) <
+		group_profile_max_safe_loss(data_profile)){
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"WARNING: metatdata has lower redundancy than data!\n\n");
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * FS features that can be set by other means than -O
 	 * just set the bit here
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 4b8a8264..eede72f4 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -2354,6 +2354,24 @@ int test_num_disk_vs_raid(u64 metadata_profile, u64 data_profile,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int group_profile_max_safe_loss(u64 flags)
+{
+	switch (flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_PROFILE_MASK) {
+	case 0: /* single */
+	case BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DUP:
+	case BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID0:
+		return 0;
+	case BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID1:
+	case BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID5:
+	case BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID10:
+		return 1;
+	case BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID6:
+		return 2;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Check if disk is suitable for btrfs
  * returns:
  *  1: something is wrong, estr provides the error
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 5657c741..a0057de7 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ int test_dev_for_mkfs(char *file, int force_overwrite, char *estr);
 int get_label_mounted(const char *mount_path, char *labelp);
 int test_num_disk_vs_raid(u64 metadata_profile, u64 data_profile,
 	u64 dev_cnt, int mixed, char *estr);
+int group_profile_max_safe_loss(u64 flags);
 int is_vol_small(char *file);
 int csum_tree_block(struct btrfs_root *root, struct extent_buffer *buf,
 			   int verify);