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resize2fs: do not clear resize inode for 0 resvd blocks

PATCH Applied Eric Sandeen 2 participants 2 messages Dec 21, 2010 – Dec 22, 2010

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PATCH 1/1 resize2fs: do not clear resize inode for 0 resvd blocks

I ran into odd behavior where mkfs.ext4 of a 16T filesystem would create a resize inode with 0 reserved blocks, and mark the resize_inode feature.

A subsequent slight downward resize of the filesystem would remove the resize inode, making any further offline resizing impossible.

This is especially odd in light of the fact that a large downward resize (say, to 8T) will actually add blocks to the resize inode - so a small resize removes it, a large resize expands it ...

commit 8ade268cf2fde8629b51bfd1c044a83db88234cd had added this:

If the filesystem is grown to the point where the resize_inode is no longer needed, clean it up properly so e2fsck doesn't have to.

but, it seems e2fsck does not care about this situation, either.

So, simply leave the resize_inode intact in this case, and everything seems to be happy.

Note, this is for the 1.41.xx branch.

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resize/resize2fs.c +0 -14
Index: e2fsprogs/resize/resize2fs.c
===================================================================
@@ -1711,7 +1711,6 @@ static errcode_t fix_resize_inode(ext2_f
 	struct ext2_inode	inode;
 	errcode_t		retval;
 	char *			block_buf;
-	blk_t			blk;
 
 	if (!(fs->super->s_feature_compat &
 	      EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE))
@@ -1723,20 +1722,6 @@ static errcode_t fix_resize_inode(ext2_f
 	retval = ext2fs_read_inode(fs, EXT2_RESIZE_INO, &inode);
 	if (retval) goto errout;
 
-	if (fs->super->s_reserved_gdt_blocks == 0) {
-		fs->super->s_feature_compat &=
-			~EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE;
-		ext2fs_mark_super_dirty(fs);
-
-		if ((blk = inode.i_block[EXT2_DIND_BLOCK]) != 0)
-			ext2fs_block_alloc_stats(fs, blk, -1);
-
-		memset(&inode, 0, sizeof(inode));
-
-		retval = ext2fs_write_inode(fs, EXT2_RESIZE_INO, &inode);
-		goto errout;
-	}
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Quoted 16 lines · Eric Sandeen

I ran into odd behavior where mkfs.ext4 of a 16T filesystem would create a resize inode with 0 reserved blocks, and mark the resize_inode feature.

A subsequent slight downward resize of the filesystem would remove the resize inode, making any further offline resizing impossible.

This is especially odd in light of the fact that a large downward resize (say, to 8T) will actually add blocks to the resize inode - so a small resize removes it, a large resize expands it ...

commit 8ade268cf2fde8629b51bfd1c044a83db88234cd had added this:

If the filesystem is grown to the point where the resize_inode is no longer needed, clean it up properly so e2fsck doesn't have to.

Quoted 8 lines

but, it seems e2fsck does not care about this situation, either.

So, simply leave the resize_inode intact in this case, and everything seems to be happy.

Note, this is for the 1.41.xx branch.

Thanks, applied.

- Ted