Re: [PATCH v2] btrfs-progs: Doc: Add warning and note on btrfs-convert.

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David Sterba posted on Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:19:31 +0200 as excerpted:

> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:19:24AM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
>> WARNING: To ensure *btrfs-convert* be able to rollback btrfs, one
>> should never execute *btrfs filesystem defragment* or *btrfs balance*
>> command on the converted btrfs.

> I don't see now why defrag is harmful to rollback. The defragmented data
> are written to the "ext free space", ie. where all new modifications get
> written. The old data are pinned by the ext2_saved subvolume and can be
> restored. Or not?

Is defrag ever going to be snapshot-aware-enabled again?  If not, then I 
don't see that (snapshot-unaware) defrag can affect ext2_saved either.  
But with snapshot-aware-defrag, AFAIK defrag would affect ext2_saved, 
unless of course it was special-cased...

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