[ext2resize] [PATCH] online-ext2 patch for 2.4-test11-pre7

[Andreas D. <ad...@tu...>]

Hello all,
attached is an updated patch for online ext2 resizing with the latest 2.4
kernel (2.4.0-test11-pre7).  It is not significantly different from the
2.2 kernel patch or the previous 2.3 kernel patch, with the exception of
some changes to where the superblock lock is held.

I've tested it some, but 2.4 kernels don't run well on my laptop, and my
other systems are all running ext3 which doesn't work with 2.4 yet.  Please
report any problems to ext...@li....

The online-ext2-2.4.0.diff kernel patch needs to be applied AFTER the
linux-2.4.0-test11-ext2compat.diff patch, which fixes some problems
with the kernel trying to mount filesystems it doesn't understand.  These
patches are attached here, and the latest versions are also available from
CVS for the ext2resize project at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/

As with previous versions of online resizing, you need to have the user
tools from the ext2resize package (also at sourceforge).  The latest version
of the user tools is 1.1.15.  These tools only work on i386 systems right now.

With the newest version of the LVM user tools, the e2fsadm tool will call
ext2online if the filesystem is mounted when the LV is resized.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger                               TurboLabs filesystem development