On May 07, 2007 19:16 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Theodore Tso wrote:
> >Actually, changing the inode size is actually going to be more useful
> >to a larger number of people, since they can use it today to support
> >in-inode EA's. In addition, changing the inode size must be done
> >off-li
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 07:16:31PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>
> One of the option i was thinking was to use this tool to migrate to
> extent map and then towards the end use the online defrag ioctl to
> defrag the resulting ext4 inode.
As we discussed on the phone, my recommendation would
Theodore Tso wrote:
That is correct. My next step is to enhance the tool to support
migration to large inodes.
I would actually suggest that the place to add that functionality
would be via "tune2fs -I ". Since mke2fs -I
is used to set the inode size, it makes sense that tune2fs -I would
Hi,
Theodore Tso wrote:
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:56:11AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
Andreas Dilger wrote:
If this code could also (or optionally just) increase the size of inodes
it would be very useful. AFAIK right now it will only change the inodes
>from block-mapped to extent-mapped
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:56:11AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Andreas Dilger wrote:
> >If this code could also (or optionally just) increase the size of inodes
> >it would be very useful. AFAIK right now it will only change the inodes
> >from block-mapped to extent-mapped?
Actually, changin
Andreas Dilger wrote:
On May 04, 2007 14:43 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
Changes from from my previous patches are as follows:
a) support for files with holes
b) use the block iterator present in libext2fs
c) don't mark the indirect blocks as unused early. If we mark the
the blocks unus
On May 04, 2007 14:43 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Changes from from my previous patches are as follows:
> a) support for files with holes
> b) use the block iterator present in libext2fs
> c) don't mark the indirect blocks as unused early. If we mark the
>the blocks unused, they can be r
