On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 08:33:46AM +0800, Gui Xiaohua wrote: > When mkfs.ext4 with flex_bg option, resize2fs with -M option will fail. > > Steps to reproduce: > > # mkfs.ext4 -O flex_bg /dev/sda6 > # resize2fs /dev/sda6 -M > > resize2fs: No space left on device while trying to resize /dev/sda6 These problems were fixed in e2fsprogs 1.41.4. See especially commit id's 793a04a0 and 9227c5bb. (There were a number of other resize2fs bugs fixed in 1.41.4, but these two relate to the problems you were trying to solve.) I'm not convinced your attempt at trying to guesstimate how the number of extra blocks needed by counting fragments works for anything other than an empty filesystem. If the filesystem is filled with contents, and then it is shrunk, the resulting number of new extent blocks which are needed is very much dependent on how the blocks end up getting moved, and trying to determine the exact number up front is extremely difficult. Regards, - Ted -- 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
