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Message-ID: <472FF270.7020500@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:49:52 -0600
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow tune2fs to set/clear resize_inode
Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Nov 05, 2007 14:45 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> (this patch has been carried in Red Hat / Fedora rpms for a while, not
>> sure why it never got sent upstream... clearing this allows for mounting
>> filesystems with a resize_inode on older systems)
>>
>> Allow tune2fs to set & clear resize_inode; requires fsck afterwards.
>
> Two things that are a bit confusing:
> - since RESIZE_INODE is a COMPAT feature, I don't see how this affects
> mounting the filesystem on older systems? Is there a bug somewhere?
Hmm there is a RHEL3 bug, long since closed with a patch like this one
(actually less fleshed out)... but you're right, this should work.
(quick test)
...and it does. Grrr, sorry, assumed the patch was there for a reason!
I'll retract this patch, I don't think it's needed. Sorry for the noise.
-Eric
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