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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:41:03 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> To: Fariya F <fariya.fatima03@...il.com> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: df returns incorrect size of partition due to huge overhead block count in ext4 partition On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 02:26:01PM +0530, Fariya F wrote: > The e2fsprogs version is 1.42.99. The exact version of df utility when > I query is 8.25. > The Linux kernel is 4.9.31. Please note the e2fsprogs ipk file was > available as part of Arago distribution for the ARM processor I use. > > From your email I understand that below are the options as of now: > a) Fix in the fsck tool and kernel fix: This is something I am looking > forward to. Could you please help prioritize it? Note that the patches that I just posted are against the upstream kernel, and the 4.9 kernel is quite ancient. In particular the last patch in the series, "ext4: update the cached overhead value in the superblock" is almost certainly guaranteed not to apply to 4.9.31. Cheers, - Ted
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