Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-03-26

Re: [PATCH v2] xfs_growfs: support shrinking unused space

From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-03-26 02:50:33

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 10:46:31AM +0800, Gao Xiang wrote:
From: Gao Xiang <redacted>

This allows shrinking operation can pass into kernel. Currently,
only shrinking unused space in the tail AG functionality works.

Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <redacted>
Looks like a reasonable start,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>

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quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
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v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201028114010.545331-1-hsiangkao@redhat.com (local)
change since v1:
 - update manpage description (Darrick);

 growfs/xfs_growfs.c   | 9 ++++-----
 man/man8/xfs_growfs.8 | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/growfs/xfs_growfs.c b/growfs/xfs_growfs.c
index a68b515de40d..d45ba703cc6f 100644
--- a/growfs/xfs_growfs.c
+++ b/growfs/xfs_growfs.c
@@ -246,12 +246,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			error = 1;
 		}
 
-		if (!error && dsize < geo.datablocks) {
-			fprintf(stderr, _("data size %lld too small,"
-				" old size is %lld\n"),
+		if (!error && dsize < geo.datablocks)
+			fprintf(stderr,
+_("[EXPERIMENTAL] try to shrink unused space %lld, old size is %lld\n"),
 				(long long)dsize, (long long)geo.datablocks);
-			error = 1;
-		} else if (!error &&
+		if (!error &&
 			   dsize == geo.datablocks && maxpct == geo.imaxpct) {
 			if (dflag)
 				fprintf(stderr, _(
diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_growfs.8 b/man/man8/xfs_growfs.8
index 60a88189dd88..a01269270580 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_growfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_growfs.8
@@ -60,14 +60,16 @@ becomes available for additional file storage.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI "\-d | \-D " size
-Specifies that the data section of the filesystem should be grown. If the
+Specifies that the data section of the filesystem should be resized. If the
 .B \-D
 .I size
-option is given, the data section is grown to that
+option is given, the data section is changed to that
 .IR size ,
 otherwise the data section is grown to the largest size possible with the
 .B \-d
-option. The size is expressed in filesystem blocks.
+option. The size is expressed in filesystem blocks. A filesystem with only
+1 AG cannot be shrunk further, and a filesystem cannot be shrunk to the point
+where it would only have 1 AG.
 .TP
 .B \-e
 Allows the real-time extent size to be specified. In
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