Re: [PATCH 3/3] e2fsprogs: Support for large inode migration.

2007-07-25 Thread Andreas Dilger
On Jul 25, 2007 11:06 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > This helps in reverting the changes if end results > are not correct.The environment variable TUNE2FS_SCRATCH_DIR > is used to indicate the directory within which the tdb > file need to be created. The file will be named tune2fs-XX > @@

Re: [PATCH 3/3] e2fsprogs: Support for large inode migration.

2007-07-25 Thread Andreas Dilger
On Jul 25, 2007 10:32 -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > The problem with your patch is: > > * By shrinking the number of inodes, it can constrain the > ability of the filesystem to create new files in the future. > > * It ruins the inode and block placement algorithms where we >

Re: [PATCH 3/3] e2fsprogs: Support for large inode migration.

2007-07-25 Thread Theodore Tso
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 11:06:28AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Add new option -I to tune2fs. > This is used to change the inode size. The size > need to be multiple of 2 and we don't allow to > decrease the inode size. > > As a part of increasi

Re: New e2fsprog doc on the ext4 wiki page.

2007-07-25 Thread Amit K. Arora
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 11:07:41AM -0500, Jose R. Santos wrote: > Hi folks > > As discussed in the conference call, we are going to create a new doc > on the ext4 wiki dedicated to track the development of some of the > features needed in e2fsprogs. The page will consist of mostly changes > neede

+ fix-inode_table-test-in-ext234_check_descriptors.patch added to -mm tree

2007-07-25 Thread akpm
The patch titled fix inode_table test in ext234_check_descriptors has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fix-inode_table-test-in-ext234_check_descriptors.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/p