On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 05:02:18PM +0200, David Sterba wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 06:29:32PM -0800, Liu Bo wrote: > > Now we force to create empty block group to keep data profile alive, > > however, in the below example, we eventually get an empty block group > > while we're trying to get more space for other types (metadata/system), > > > > - Before, > > block group "A": size=2G, used=1.2G > > block group "B": size=2G, used=512M > > > > - After "btrfs balance start -dusage=50 mount_point", > > block group "A": size=2G, used=(1.2+0.5)G > > block group "C": size=2G, used=0 > > > > Since there is no data in block group C, it won't be deleted > > automatically and we have to get the unused 2G until the next mount. > > > > Balance itself just moves data and doesn't remove data, so it's safe > > to not create such a empty block group if we already have data > > allocated in other block groups. > > > > Signed-off-by: Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> > > I'm adding the patch to my for-next. Thank you, David. Thanks, -liubo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
