linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC][take 4] e2fsprogs: Add ext4migrate

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Message-ID: <20070506051759.GP6220@schatzie.adilger.int>
Date:	Sat, 5 May 2007 23:17:59 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][take 4] e2fsprogs: Add ext4migrate

On May 04, 2007  14:43 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Changes from from my previous patches are as follows:
> a) support for files with holes
> b) use the block iterator present in libext2fs
> c) don't mark  the indirect blocks as unused early. If we mark the
>    the blocks unused, they can be resued for extent index. If we later
>    fail to migrate, the indirect blocks content would be overwritten.

If this code could also (or optionally just) increase the size of inodes
it would be very useful.  AFAIK right now it will only change the inodes
from block-mapped to extent-mapped?


Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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