linux-ext4 - Re: 64bit filesystem questions

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:19:45 -0400
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 64bit filesystem questions

On 6/9/2011 8:08 PM, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> There is only a single block pointer for each bitmap per group.  That said,
> with flex_bg this is mostly meaningless, since the bitmaps do not have to
> be located in the group, and a flex group is the same as a virtual group
> that is {flex_bg_factor} times as large.

Of course there is only a single pointer because there is only a single 
bitmap.  What does this have to do with limiting the block count to 8 * 
blocksize?

>> 3)  Why does 64bit disable the resize inode?
>
> Because the on-disk format of the resize inode is only suitable for 32-bit
> filesystems (it is an indirect-block mapped file and cannot reserve blocks
> beyond 2^32).  The "future" way to resize filesystems is using the META_BG
> feature, but the ability to use it has not been integrated into the kernel
> or e2fsprogs yet.

Ahh, right... no indirect blocks.  Couldn't and shouldn't the resize 
inode just use extents instead?  Also I thought that META_BG was an idea 
that eventually become FLEX_BG and has been dropped?

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