Re: [PATCH: e2fsprogs: resize2fs failed when "mkfs.ext4 -O flex_bg"]

[Gui Xiaohua <guixh@cn.fujitsu.com>]

Theodore Tso 写道:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 08:33:46AM +0800, Gui Xiaohua wrote:
>> When mkfs.ext4 with flex_bg option, resize2fs with -M option will fail.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>>
>> # mkfs.ext4 -O flex_bg /dev/sda6
>> # resize2fs /dev/sda6 -M
>>
>> resize2fs: No space left on device while trying to resize /dev/sda6
> 
> These problems were fixed in e2fsprogs 1.41.4.  See especially commit
> id's 793a04a0 and 9227c5bb.  (There were a number of other resize2fs
> bugs fixed in 1.41.4, but these two relate to the problems you were
> trying to solve.)
> 
> I'm not convinced your attempt at trying to guesstimate how the number
> of extra blocks needed by counting fragments works for anything other
> than an empty filesystem.  If the filesystem is filled with contents,
> and then it is shrunk, the resulting number of new extent blocks which
> are needed is very much dependent on how the blocks end up getting
> moved, and trying to determine the exact number up front is extremely
> difficult.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 					- Ted


Hi Ted
I have tested your patch,but occurs some messages like below:
resize2fs: Illegal triply indirect block found while trying to resize /dev/sda7

Steps to reproduce:
# mkfs.ext4 -O flex_bg /dev/sda7
# mount -t ext4 /dev/sda7 /mnt
# dumpe2fs /dev/sda7
dumpe2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
Filesystem volume name:   <none>
Last mounted on:          <not available>
Filesystem UUID:          56f80bde-6a27-4564-87cf-a7186d05e86b
Filesystem magic number:  0xEF53
Filesystem revision #:    1 (dynamic)
Filesystem features:      has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype extent flex_bg sparse_super huge_file uninit_bg dir_nlink extra_isize
Filesystem flags:         signed_directory_hash
Default mount options:    (none)
Filesystem state:         clean
Errors behavior:          Continue
Filesystem OS type:       Linux
Inode count:              4016
Block count:              16032
Reserved block count:     801
Free blocks:              14359
Free inodes:              4005
First block:              1
Block size:               1024
Fragment size:            1024
Reserved GDT blocks:      62
Blocks per group:         8192
Fragments per group:      8192
Inodes per group:         2008
Inode blocks per group:   251
Flex block group size:    16
Filesystem created:       Tue Feb  3 22:06:30 2009
Last mount time:          n/a
Last write time:          Tue Feb  3 22:06:30 2009
Mount count:              0
Maximum mount count:      27
Last checked:             Tue Feb  3 22:06:30 2009
Check interval:           15552000 (6 months)
Next check after:         Sun Aug  2 22:06:30 2009
Reserved blocks uid:      0 (user root)
Reserved blocks gid:      0 (group root)
First inode:              11
Inode size:               128
Journal inode:            8
Default directory hash:   half_md4
Directory Hash Seed:      397bda27-6808-47a9-9dc1-e736908e4a05
Journal backup:           inode blocks
Journal size:             1024k


Group 0: (Blocks 1-8192) [ITABLE_ZEROED]
  Checksum 0x3698, unused inodes 1997
  Primary superblock at 1, Group descriptors at 2-2
  Reserved GDT blocks at 3-64
  Block bitmap at 65 (+64), Inode bitmap at 81 (+80)
  Inode table at 97-347 (+96)
  7608 free blocks, 1997 free inodes, 2 directories, 1997 unused inodes
  Free blocks: 80, 83-96, 600-8192
  Free inodes: 12-2008
Group 1: (Blocks 8193-16031) [INODE_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED]
  Checksum 0x88a4, unused inodes 2008
  Backup superblock at 8193, Group descriptors at 8194-8194
  Reserved GDT blocks at 8195-8256
  Block bitmap at 66, Inode bitmap at 82
  Inode table at 348-598
  6751 free blocks, 2008 free inodes, 0 directories, 2008 unused inodes
  Free blocks: 9281-16031
  Free inodes:

# created many files with size 1k	<----the sum of files is greater than inode per group,
								such as 2500
# rm -f files				<----the sum is 2000，so the second group will be cut while
						resize
# umount /dev/sda7
# e2fsck -f /dev/sda7
[root@localhost /]# resize2fs /dev/sda7 -M
resize2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/sda7 to 1940 (1k) blocks.
resize2fs: Illegal triply indirect block found while trying to resize /dev/sda7



 




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