On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 02:03:38PM -0600, Mark Casey wrote: > Regarding this patch to resize2fs: > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4/7379 > > In reading the comment, I was wondering if this problem scenario can > also happen when shrinking an ext4 filesystem with this combination > of features, or if it is only likely to be a problem when growing > it? It's only a problem when growing the file system. The comment in the patch explains the situation; when you are shrinking the file system, there is never any need to move inode tables to make room for the new block group descriptor blocks --- which are necessitated by the additional block groups that come from growing the file system. - 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
