Re: [PATCH] [RFC] xfs: filesystem expansion design documentation

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On 7/24/24 10:41 AM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 7/23/24 7:46 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
>>> What about the log?  If sb_agblocks increases, that can cause
>>> transaction reservations to increase, which also increases the minimum
>>> log size.
>> Not caring, because the current default minimum of 64MB is big enough for
>> any physical filesystem size. Further, 64MB is big enough for decent
>> metadata performance even on large filesystem, so we really don't
>> need to touch the journal here.
> 
> Seems fair, but just to stir the pot, "growing the log" offline, when
> you've just added potentially gigabytes of free space to an AG, should
> be trivial, right?

Ugh I'm sorry, read to the end before responding, Eric.

(I had assumed that an expand operation would require a clean log, but I
suppose it doesn't have to.)

-Eric





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