linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 35/47] resize2fs: convert fs to and from 64bit mode

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Message-ID: <20141215174604.GC21646@thunk.org>
Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:46:04 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, TR Reardon <thomas_reardon@...mail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 35/47] resize2fs: convert fs to and from 64bit mode

On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 01:54:33PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> resize2fs does its magic by loading a filesystem, duplicating the
> in-memory image of that fs, moving relevant blocks out of the way of
> whatever new metadata get created, and finally writing everything back
> out to disk.  Enabling 64bit mode enlarges the group descriptors,
> which makes resize2fs a reasonable vehicle for taking care of the rest
> of the bookkeeping requirements, so add to resize2fs the ability to
> convert a filesystem to 64bit mode and back.
> 
> v2: Fix a couple of minor resource leaks; make it more explicit to the
> user what we're doing to the fs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> Cc: TR Reardon <thomas_reardon@...mail.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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