Re: How to expand a BTRFS partition... backwards

2010-05-02 Thread Sebastian 'gonX' Jensen
Thanks, I figured that the new btrfs tool would have something easier. Now I only need to know whether expanding btrfs is also possible backwards on the harddrive. Regards, Sebastian J. On 2 May 2010 07:50, TAXI t...@a-city.de wrote: The manpage says:       filesystem resize [+/-]size[gkm]|max

Re: How to expand a BTRFS partition... backwards

2010-05-02 Thread TAXI
I played a bit with my btrfs partition and btrfs filesystem resize didn't work. But I found a commando that worked: btrfsctl -r max /mnt/btrfs (yes, on the mounted FS - http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Btrfs_Online_Resizing_Ext3_Conversion_and_More ) But I don't know if expanding is possible

[PATCH] btrfs: Fix block generation verification race

2010-05-02 Thread Yan, Zheng
After the path is released, the generation number got from block pointer is no long valid. The race may cause disk corruption, because verify_parent_transid() calls clear_extent_buffer_uptodate() when generation numbers mismatch. Signed-off-by: Yan Zheng zheng@oracle.com --- diff -urp

Re: How to expand a BTRFS partition... backwards

2010-05-02 Thread Sebastian 'gonX' Jensen
On 2 May 2010 23:09, Mike Fleetwood mike.fleetw...@googlemail.com wrote: On 2 May 2010 06:32, Sebastian 'gonX' Jensen g...@overclocked.net wrote: Hey guys, I kinda figured out the syntax for resizing BTRFS arrays, but is it possible to use free space that is behind the current BTRFS