linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 07/35] e2fsck: convert block-mapped files to extents on bigalloc fs

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Message-ID: <20150421143655.GG3238@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:36:55 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/35] e2fsck: convert block-mapped files to extents on
 bigalloc fs

On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 07:34:46PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> As of v4.0, the Linux kernel won't add blocks to a block-mapped file
> on a bigalloc filesystem.  Therefore, convert any such files or
> directories we find, to prevent fs errors later on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.  I adjusted the e2fsck problem messages a little to
compress vertical space, and to remove some gcc-wall warnings.

	 	  	     	       	    - Ted
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