why online shrink is not supported in EXT4_IOC_RESIZE_FS ioctl?

[joshua2009]

Hi,

I referred EXT4_IOC_RESIZE_FS ioctl implementation in linux kernel ver 3.3.8.

Online shrinking is not supported and the code is as below.

if (n_blocks_count < o_blocks_count) {
/* On-line shrinking not supported */
ext4_warning(sb, "can't shrink FS - resize aborted");
return -EINVAL;
}

Can anyone please tell the reason why online shrinking is not supported.

Thanks in adavance.

Regards,
Raphel

[joshua2009]

Shrinking volume offline is possible in ext4.

Can anyone please tell me what are the issues in implementing shrinking volume online in ext4.

Thanks,
Raphel