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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:12:53 -0400 From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> To: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/24] e2fsck: reserve blocks for root/lost+found directory repair On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 03:54:22PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > If we think we're going to need to repair either the root directory or > the lost+found directory, reserve a block at the end of pass 1 to > reduce the likelihood of an e2fsck abort while reconstructing > root/lost+found during pass 3. Can you say more about when this situation arises? The only thing I can think of is if there are a large number of blocks that need to be cloned during passes 1b/c/d? - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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