linux-ext4 - Re: resize2fs minimum size wrong

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Message-ID: <55611B06.3040608@ubuntu.com>
Date:	Sat, 23 May 2015 20:27:50 -0400
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@...ntu.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
CC:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: resize2fs minimum size wrong

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On 05/23/2015 07:36 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Figuring out the minimum size in a way where we don't screw up and 
> pick a number too _low_ is tricky, because if resize2fs aborts in
> the middle, we can end up with a corrupted file system.

Why is it hard?  Why isn't it simply the number of used blocks, or the
highest fixed metadata block, whichever is higher?

> I'm going to guess the problem has to do with the reserved space 
> needed so that resize works correctly, and the amount of reserved

Reserved for what?


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