On Mon, 7 May 2007 00:26:26 +0200 Frank van Maarseveen <frankvm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2.6.20.6, FC4: > > I created a 91248k ext3 fs with 4k blocksize: > > | mke2fs -j -b 4096 /dev/vol1/project > | mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005) > | Filesystem label= > | OS type: Linux > | Block size=4096 (log=2) > | Fragment size=4096 (log=2) > | 23552 inodes, 23552 blocks > | 1177 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user > | First data block=0 > | Maximum filesystem blocks=25165824 > | 1 block group > | 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group > | 23552 inodes per group > > Writing inode tables: done > Creating journal (1024 blocks): done > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > Next, I tried to resize it to about 3G using ext2online while mounted: > > | # ext2online /dev/vol1/project > | ext2online v1.1.18 - 2001/03/18 for EXT2FS 0.5b > | ext2online: ext2_ioctl: No space left on device > | > | ext2online: unable to resize /dev/mapper/vol1-project > > At that time the kernel said: > > |JBD: ext2online wants too many credits (744 > 256) > > What is the limitation I should be aware of? Has it something to do with > the journal log size? > > The size actually did increase a bit, to 128112k. > > > Steps to reproduce: > Create a 3G partition, say /dev/vol1/project > mke2fs -j -b 4096 /dev/vol1/project 22812 > mount it > ext2online /dev/vol1/project said: > > | ext2online v1.1.18 - 2001/03/18 for EXT2FS 0.5b > | ext2online: ext2_ioctl: No space left on device > | > | ext2online: unable to resize /dev/mapper/vol1-project > > kernel said: > > | JBD: ext2online wants too many credits (721 > 256) > (added linux-ext4 to cc) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html