linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] resize2fs: handle exactly-16T filesystems in resize2fs

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Message-ID: <20101217001802.GF4455@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:18:02 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] resize2fs: handle exactly-16T filesystems in resize2fs

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:37:34PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Before we go whole-hog on 64-bit e2fsprogs, I wonder if this
> is worth considering as a last-minute addition to the 1.41
> stream.  Currently, mke2fs will shave a block off an exactly-16T
> device to fit*, but resize2fs does not do the same, leading
> to some asymmetry.  This patch fixes that up, and allows 16T
> devices to be handled more gracefully in offline resize.
> (in fact resize2fs will not even open a 16T device, today).
> 
> *commit 37d17a65ecb4615546b417038190a41bafca7c51
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Thanks, added to the maint branch.

						- Ted
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