Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: disable resize_inode feature if 64bit feature is enabled

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On Sun, 7 Jul 2013, Theodore Ts'o wrote:

> Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 11:41:40 -0400
> From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> To: Eryu Guan <guaneryu@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: disable resize_inode feature if 64bit feature is
>     enabled

Hi Ted,

are you going to take this in ?

Thanks!
-Lukas

> 
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 09:21:28AM +0800, Zheng Liu wrote:
> > Do we really need to check it?  My point is that we just clear
> > RESIZE_INODE flag if 64BIT flag is enabled.
> 
> It's better to use the resize_inode for file systems that are smaller
> than 16TB, even if the 64-bit flag is enabled, since using the meta_bg
> style resizing spreads out the block group descriptors, which
> increases the time to mount the file system.  Using the resize_inode
> will defer the need to go to the meta_bg-style resizing until we cross
> the 16TB boundary.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 						- Ted
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