linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH, RFC] ext3: lighten up resize transaction requirements

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Message-ID: <20070927231506.GQ32520@schatzie.adilger.int>
Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:15:06 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] ext3: lighten up resize transaction requirements

On Sep 27, 2007  16:07 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> I've got a fedora bug, which has been fairly widely reported around the
> net it seems, where attempting to do an online resize "requires too many
> credits".  This usually leaves the person trying to do the resize fairly
> befuddled.  There is a workaround to resize the journal to something larger,
> but then this must be done offline, so what's the point really? :)
> 
> The patch below resizes & restarts the transaction as necessary while
> setting up the new group, and should work with even the smallest journal.

Patch looks good to me, you can add:
Acked-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>

(or Signed-off-by: ?, I'm not sure)  Thanks for fixing my broken code.

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

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