Re: btrfs partition converted from ext4 becomes read-only minutes after booting: WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2777 at ../fs/btrfs/super.c:260 __btrfs_abort_transaction+0x4b/0x120

[Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 02:05:04PM +0300, Robert Munteanu wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 03:19:06PM +0300, Robert Munteanu wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >
> > Note to others: kernel 4.0.4
> >
> > Reply to you:
> > I tried ext4 to btrfs once a year ago and it severely mangled my
> > filesystem.
> > I looked at it as a cool feature/hack that may have worked some time ago, but
> > that no one really uses anymore, and that may not work right at this
> > point.
> >
> > Unless you hear back from a developer interested in debugging/fixing
> > this, I would assume that this feature is broken and dead.
> 
> I did hear, but in case the general consensus is that this feature is
> broken/experimental/unsafe, it would be great to mention it in the
> wiki page.

Done
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Conversion_from_Ext3

Marc
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