linux-ext4 - [PATCH] mke2fs: warn that bigalloc is experimental only for large cluster sizes

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Date:   Sat, 14 Aug 2021 10:40:48 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH] mke2fs: warn that bigalloc is experimental only for large cluster sizes

Since we have done a lot of testing with a cluster size equal to 64k
(or 16 times the default 4k block size), mke2fs will only warn for
bigalloc file systems where the cluster size is greater than 16 times
the block size.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
---
 misc/mke2fs.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
index a4573972..effe963c 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.c
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
@@ -2526,11 +2526,12 @@ profile_error:
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (!quiet && ext2fs_has_feature_bigalloc(&fs_param))
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s", _("\nWarning: the bigalloc feature is "
-				  "still under development\n"
-				  "See https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/"
-				  "index.php/Bigalloc for more information\n\n"));
+	if (!quiet && ext2fs_has_feature_bigalloc(&fs_param) &&
+	    EXT2_CLUSTER_SIZE(&fs_param) > 16 * EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE(&fs_param))
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s", _("\nWarning: bigalloc file systems "
+				"with a cluster size greater than\n"
+				"16 times the block size is considered "
+				"experimental\n"));
 
 	/*
 	 * Since sparse_super is the default, we would only have a problem
-- 
2.31.0