From: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: ext4 development <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: resize2fs minimum size wrong
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 20:27:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55611B06.3040608@ubuntu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150523233603.GA3270@thunk.org>
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On 05/23/2015 07:36 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Figuring out the minimum size in a way where we don't screw up and
> pick a number too _low_ is tricky, because if resize2fs aborts in
> the middle, we can end up with a corrupted file system.
Why is it hard? Why isn't it simply the number of used blocks, or the
highest fixed metadata block, whichever is higher?
> I'm going to guess the problem has to do with the reserved space
> needed so that resize works correctly, and the amount of reserved
Reserved for what?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-24 0:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-23 21:18 resize2fs minimum size wrong Phillip Susi
2015-05-23 23:36 ` Theodore Ts'o
2015-05-24 0:27 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2015-05-24 1:34 ` Theodore Ts'o
2015-05-24 3:02 ` [PATCH] resize2fs: fix minimum size calculation Phillip Susi
2015-06-18 0:55 ` Phillip Susi
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