Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:24:06 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is growfs(8) safe? Message-ID: <j32fvm$jm$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <12360197.20110824002312@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <12360197.20110824002312@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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On 23/08/2011 22:23, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello, Freebsd-fs. > > Is growfs(8) safe now? I remember, there were some problems with > non-zeroed data, but it seems to be fixed. > > But it HAS one bug for sure: "int p_size," which overflows on big > FSes. It is in sectors, and 32 bit signed, so max value is only > slightly less than 1Tb (!) I use it approximately 1-2 times a year to resize virtual machines (though every time < 1 TB). It worked fine so far. > Does somebody use it? Or everybody migrate to ZFS already? I'll reconsider moving to ZFS when there's a week without a critical bug being reported ;)
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