On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 03:19:10PM +0000, Xavier Claude wrote: > Hello, > > If I understand the code correctly[1], shrinking more than one AG is not > supported. So I propose to add it to the manpage, like for the log > shrinking option. > > [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c?h=v6.17-rc2#n152 > -- >8 -- > > Current implementation in the kernel doesn't allow to shrink more that > one AG > > Signed-off-by: Xavier Claude <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man/man8/xfs_growfs.8 | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_growfs.8 b/man/man8/xfs_growfs.8 > index a0126927..2e329fa6 100644 > --- a/man/man8/xfs_growfs.8 > +++ b/man/man8/xfs_growfs.8 > @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ otherwise the data section is grown to the largest size possible with the > option. The size is expressed in filesystem blocks. A filesystem with only > 1 AG cannot be shrunk further, and a filesystem cannot be shrunk to the point > where it would only have 1 AG. > +.B [NOTE: Only shrinking the last AG without removing it is implemented] That's my understanding of where growfs is right now wrt shrinking Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --D > .TP > .B \-e > Allows the real-time extent size to be specified. In > -- > 2.50.1 > > >
