From: Eric Sandeen Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow tune2fs to set/clear resize_inode Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:49:52 -0600 Message-ID: <472FF270.7020500@redhat.com> References: <472F80F5.3030608@redhat.com> <20071106011255.GB3900@webber.adilger.int> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Eric Sandeen , ext4 development Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:44158 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754802AbXKFEtz (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:49:55 -0500 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lA64nsbc017580 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:49:54 -0500 Received: from pobox-2.corp.redhat.com (pobox-2.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.15]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lA64nrZV005053 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:49:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20071106011255.GB3900@webber.adilger.int> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org Andreas Dilger wrote: > On Nov 05, 2007 14:45 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote: >> (this patch has been carried in Red Hat / Fedora rpms for a while, not >> sure why it never got sent upstream... clearing this allows for mounting >> filesystems with a resize_inode on older systems) >> >> Allow tune2fs to set & clear resize_inode; requires fsck afterwards. > > Two things that are a bit confusing: > - since RESIZE_INODE is a COMPAT feature, I don't see how this affects > mounting the filesystem on older systems? Is there a bug somewhere? Hmm there is a RHEL3 bug, long since closed with a patch like this one (actually less fleshed out)... but you're right, this should work. (quick test) ...and it does. Grrr, sorry, assumed the patch was there for a reason! I'll retract this patch, I don't think it's needed. Sorry for the noise. -Eric