linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Actually request zeroing of inode table after grow

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Message-ID: <20190425172347.GD4739@mit.edu>
Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:23:47 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
Cc:     jack@...e.cz, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Actually request zeroing of inode table after grow

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 11:23:20AM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> It is never possible, that number of block groups decreases,
> since only online grow is supported.
> 
> But after a growing occured, we have to zero inode tables
> for just created new block groups.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Applied, thanks.

				- Ted