From: Rishabh Dave <ridave@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:20:49 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: PendingReleaseNotes: add a release note about confirm flag for max_mds
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PendingReleaseNotes: add a release note about confirm flag for max_mds

Add a release note for the fact that users now need to pass the
confirmation flag for modifying "max_mds" when cluster is unhealthy.

Signed-off-by: Rishabh Dave <ridave@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit a71c8e8d1186823cf5d01f23d7b922c5e2665aa5)
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diff --git a/PendingReleaseNotes b/PendingReleaseNotes
index 18e79f42ec6..305aa08d058 100644
--- a/PendingReleaseNotes
+++ b/PendingReleaseNotes
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@
   the module commands when coresponding Ceph service is down/degraded.
 
 
+* CephFS: Modifying the FS setting variable "max_mds" when a cluster is
+  unhealthy now requires users to pass the confirmation flag
+  (--yes-i-really-mean-it). This has been added as a precaution to tell the
+  users that modifying "max_mds" may not help with troubleshooting or recovery
+  effort. Instead, it might further destabilize the cluster.
+
+
+
 >=19.0.0
 
 * ceph: a new --daemon-output-file switch is available for `ceph tell` commands