Re: [PATCH 15/15][e2fsprogs] 64-bit mke2fs cleanup

Jose R. Santos
2008-07-16T15:31:24Z

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:21:58 +0200
Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de> wrote:

> "Jose R. Santos" <jrs@us.ibm.com> writes:
>
> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:50:14 +0200
> > Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de> wrote:
> >
> >> "Jose R. Santos" <jrs@us.ibm.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
> >> > index 7171990..817be56 100644
> >> > --- a/misc/mke2fs.c
> >> > +++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
> >> > @@ -1402,12 +1402,12 @@ static void PRS(int argc, char *argv[])
> >> >
> >> > fs_param.s_log_frag_size = fs_param.s_log_block_size;
> >> >
> >> > - if (noaction && fs_param.s_blocks_count) {
> >> > - dev_size = fs_param.s_blocks_count;
> >> > + if (noaction && ext2fs_blocks_count(&fs_param)) {
> >> > + dev_size = ext2fs_blocks_count(&fs_param);
> >> > retval = 0;
> >> > } else {
> >> > retry:
> >> > - retval = ext2fs_get_device_size(device_name,
> >> > + retval = ext2fs_get_device_size2(device_name,
> >> > EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE(&fs_param),
> >> > &dev_size);
> >> > if ((retval == EFBIG) &&
> >>
> >> You should not assume that ext2fs_get_device_size2() will return EFBIG
> >> if the size exceed 2^32 blocks. The point of ext2fs_get_device_size2()
> >> was to be able to support more than 2^32 blocks and the library
> >> function will certainly change to return larger numbers in the future.
> >>
> >> So you need something like
> >>
> >> if ((retval == EFBIG || dev_size >= (1ULL << 32)) &&
> >
> > No, ext2fs_get_device_size2() should return EFBIG size if the device is
> > larger than 48-bit. I need to fix that on ext2fs_get_device_size2() but
> > this check here is ok.
> >
> >> MfG
> >> Goswin
> >
> > -JRS
>
> Why? The decision what device size if too big depends on the features
> for this filesystem. By default 32bit is the limit, with
> EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT it is 48bit. (shouldn't that be named
> EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_48BIT?). Maybe later there will be a true 64bit
> feature.

You have a point. The ext2fs_get_device_size2() should really be
concerned with what file system features are supported. That is
outside of the scope of this routine.

I retract the previous statement I just reply to Ted. :)

>
> If you make ext2fs_get_device_size2() return EFBIG for >48bit then you
> have to check for EFBIG and conditionally for 2^32 which makes the
> code more complex. Better to just check the actual size the device has
> in mke2fs.c.
>
> Also the user might give a size that is actually small enough while
> the device would be too big. Say, with current mke2fs, you have a disk
> that is 16.000001TiB large. You could tell mke2fs to only use 2^32-1
> blocks. The EFBIG check prevents that.
>
> See the patch I just send.
>
> MfG
> Goswin

-JRS