Changing filesystem resize patterns [LWN.net]

Changing filesystem resize patterns

Posted May 12, 2022 0:26 UTC (Thu) by gerdesj (subscriber, #5446)
In reply to: Changing filesystem resize patterns by neilbrown
Parent article: Changing filesystem resize patterns

Neil: Please take your tongue out of your cheek.

I do agree with you that "Linux filesystems were generally designed to support being resized" is not my experience. It's generally quite easy to embigger them but very tricky to shrink them.

Perhaps a bug report will fix this silly oversight.

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Changing filesystem resize patterns

Posted May 12, 2022 5:25 UTC (Thu) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link] (2 responses)

> Neil: Please take your tongue out of your cheek.

I'm completely serious. If a filesystem is not fit for purpose it should be fixed or replaced.
Predicting the future with tea leaves has never been particularly effective. Doing it with hints from virtual SCSI devices is unlikely to fare better.

Changing filesystem resize patterns

Posted May 12, 2022 12:54 UTC (Thu) by johannbg (guest, #65743) [Link] (1 responses)

> Predicting the future with tea leaves has never been particularly effective.

Dammit, oh well back to the drawing board using the good old reliable magic 8 ball for future predictions :)

Changing filesystem resize patterns

Posted May 12, 2022 21:37 UTC (Thu) by Conan_Kudo (subscriber, #103240) [Link]

I thought tarot cards were maybe more effective. Perhaps I was wrong... 😛