From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Theodore Ts'o Subject: Re: [PATCH 35/47] resize2fs: convert fs to and from 64bit mode Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:46:04 -0500 Message-ID: <20141215174604.GC21646@thunk.org> References: <20141107215042.883.49888.stgit@birch.djwong.org> <20141107215433.883.51160.stgit@birch.djwong.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, TR Reardon To: "Darrick J. Wong" Return-path: Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:57228 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751132AbaLORqJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:46:09 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141107215433.883.51160.stgit@birch.djwong.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 01:54:33PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > resize2fs does its magic by loading a filesystem, duplicating the > in-memory image of that fs, moving relevant blocks out of the way of > whatever new metadata get created, and finally writing everything back > out to disk. Enabling 64bit mode enlarges the group descriptors, > which makes resize2fs a reasonable vehicle for taking care of the rest > of the bookkeeping requirements, so add to resize2fs the ability to > convert a filesystem to 64bit mode and back. > > v2: Fix a couple of minor resource leaks; make it more explicit to the > user what we're doing to the fs. > > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong > Cc: TR Reardon Thanks, applied. - Ted