On 10/10/2017 04:48 PM, NeilBrown wrote: > On Mon, Oct 09 2017, Phil Turmel wrote: >> Might it be reasonable to reject "--grow" operations that reduce the >> final array size, and introduce the complementary "--reduce" operation >> that rejects array size increases? > > While there is a lot to like about this approach, one problem is that > some "grow" operations do not change the size. They might, e.g., just change > the chunksize. I tried to word my proposal to address that -- either keyword could accept operations that didn't change the size. > I guess you could have --grow --reduce --reshape. > > I wouldn't object to such a change. Jes has weighed in as opposed. Sigh. Phil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html