xfs_growfs: XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSDATA xfsctl failed: Invalid argument

[Richard Ems]

Hi list,

I'm getting the error "xfs_growfs: XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSDATA xfsctl failed:
Invalid argument" while trying to grow an XFS partition.

This is on openSUSE 11.1 64 bit, with xfsprogs-2.10.2-3.1 from
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/filesystems/openSUSE_11.1/x86_64/xfsprogs-2.10.2-3.1.x86_64.rpm
.

This error is the same or looks similar to the one reported some months
ago at http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2009-02/msg00028.html .

There is apparently a fix for it, see
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2008-12/msg01794.html :

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commit 471d59103167c84f17b9bcfee22ed10b44ff206e
Author: sandeen at xxxxxxxxxxx <sandeen at xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Nov 25 21:20:10 2008 -0600

    [XFS] Add compat handlers for data & rt growfs ioctls

    The args for XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSDATA and XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSRTA
    have padding on the end on intel, so add arg copyin functions,
    and then just call the growfs ioctl helpers.

    Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen at xxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at xxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Lachlan McIlroy <lachlan at xxxxxxx>
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I tried different 2.6.27 versions, one 2.6.29 and one 2.6.30-rc6
version, all gave the same error, check
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506361 for the different
kernel versions and errors.

Is this fix still not included in Linus / openSUSE trees?

Or am I hitting another error?

Thanks, Richard


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