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From: "Nirjhar Roy (IBM)" To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk , linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:31:39 +0530 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.28.5 (3.28.5-27.el8_10) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Mon, 2025-08-04 at 17:13 +0200, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > Hi all! > > I beleive I heard something from someone some time back about work in progress on shrinking xfs filesystems. Is this something that's been worked with or have I been lied to or just had a nice dream? I have recently posted an RFC[1]. The work is based/inspired from an old RFC[2] by Gao and ideas given by Dave Chinner. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1752746805.git.nirjhar.roy.lists@gmail.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210414195240.1802221-1-hsiangkao@redhat.com/ --NR > > roy > > -- > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk > roy@karlsbakk.net > -- > I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. >