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* [PATCH 2.6] ext3: fix documentation of online resizing
@ 2006-01-08 21:29 Tore Anderson
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From: Tore Anderson @ 2006-01-08 21:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: sct, akpm, adilger; +Cc: linux-kernel

Undocument the non-working resize= mount option in ext3, and add some
references to the ext2resize package instead, which appears to be the
only proper way of doing online resizing of ext3 filesystems.

Signed-off-by: Tore Anderson <tore@fud.no>

---

I first thought online resizing was supposed to be done like in JFS
(using mount -o remount,resize=nblocks), and fixed fs/ext3/super.c so
the resize option was recognized properly.  However, the feature
simply didn't work (mount ended up in blocking I/O sleep with nothing
happening), so I assume the option is intentionally disabled.

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 9840d5b..c665644 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ reservation
 
 noreservation
 
-resize=
-
 bsddf 		(*)	Make 'df' act like BSD.
 minixdf			Make 'df' act like Minix.
 
@@ -168,6 +166,7 @@ see manual pages to know more.
 tune2fs: 	create a ext3 journal on a ext2 partition with the -j flags
 mke2fs: 	create a ext3 partition with the -j flags
 debugfs: 	ext2 and ext3 file system debugger
+ext2online:	online (mounted) ext2 and ext3 filesystem resizer
 
 References
 ==========
@@ -176,6 +175,7 @@ kernel source:	file:/usr/src/linux/fs/ex
 		file:/usr/src/linux/fs/jbd
 
 programs: 	http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
+		http://ext2resize.sourceforge.net
 
 useful link:
 		http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html

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Tore Anderson

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