Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] f2fs: fix online resize state

From: Wenjie Qi

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 23:52:59 EST


Hi Jaegeuk and Chao,

Just a gentle ping on this series.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2026 at 02:05:22PM +0800, Wenjie Qi wrote:
> Online filesystem shrink changes both persistent SIT state and the
> in-memory geometry used by pinned allocation. Two stale-state paths can
> leave old information active after the main area is reduced.
>
> Patch 1 makes the resize checkpoint drain existing SIT journal entries
> through the normal SIT-area write path even when there are no newly
> dirty sentries. Patch 2 refreshes the pinned allocation boundary after
> every geometry change and rejects a shrink that conflicts with the
> configured resizable tail.

Patch 2/2 has received Daeho's Reviewed-by after the concurrent-remount
rationale and test were clarified.

Please let me know if another revision or additional testing is needed.

Thanks,
Wenjie