Re: [PATCH 07/14] btrfs-progs: Print more info about device sizes

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On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 07:38:00PM +0200, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> On 04/30/2014 03:37 PM, David Taylor wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014, Frank Kingswood wrote:
> >> On 30/04/14 13:11, David Sterba wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 01:39:27PM +0200, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I found a bit unclear the "FS occupied" terms.
> >>>
> >>> We're running out of terms to describe and distinguish the space that
> >>> the filesystem uses.
> >>>
> >>> 'occupied' seemed like a good choice to me, though it may be not obvious
> >>
> >> The space that the filesystem uses in total seems to me is called the
> >> "size". It has nothing to do with utilization.
> >>
> >> /dev/sda6, ID: 2
> >>     Device size:            10.00GiB
> >>     Filesystem size:         5.00GiB
> > 
> > FS size was what I was about to suggest, before I saw your reply.
> 
> Pay attention that this value is not the Filesystem size, 
> but to the maximum space the of THE DEVICE the filesystem is allowed to use.

I agree that plain 'Filesystem size' could be misleading, using the same
term that has an established meaning can cause misuderstandings in
bugreports.
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