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[v2,1/2] resize2fs: Add support for lazy itable initialization

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Lukas Czerner Feb. 2, 2011, 11:16 a.m. UTC
Lazy inode table initialization speeds up file system resize operation
because we can let the inode tables uninitialized. For some time now the
mke2fs has similar option and now, when we have in-kernel lazyinit
implementation we can add this feature to the resize2fs as well.

This commit adds extended options '-E' to the resize2fs code along with
the first extended option lazy_itable_init=n, where n is a 0 or 1,
though the '=n' argument can be omitted. With lazy_itable_init extended
option one can instruct resize2fs to skip inode table initialization to
significantly speed-up file system resize. If the option is omitted and
the file system supports lazy inode table initialization it defaults to 1.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
---
 resize/main.c         |   68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 resize/online.c       |    2 +-
 resize/resize2fs.8.in |   20 +++++++++
 resize/resize2fs.c    |  105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 resize/resize2fs.h    |    3 +-
 5 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

Comments

Andreas Dilger Feb. 3, 2011, 8:36 p.m. UTC | #1
This patch adds the ability to skip zeroing the journal on disk.  This can
significantly speed up mke2fs with large journals.  At worst the uninitialized
journal is only a very short-term risk (if at all), because the journal will
be overwritten on any new filesystem as soon as any significant amount of data
is written to disk, unlike lazy_itable_init which can leave uninitialized
itable blocks indefinitely (in the absence of the kernel init thread).

Cheers, Andreas
Lukas Czerner Feb. 7, 2011, 2:15 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, Andreas Dilger wrote:

> This patch adds the ability to skip zeroing the journal on disk.  This can
> significantly speed up mke2fs with large journals.  At worst the uninitialized
> journal is only a very short-term risk (if at all), because the journal will
> be overwritten on any new filesystem as soon as any significant amount of data
> is written to disk, unlike lazy_itable_init which can leave uninitialized
> itable blocks indefinitely (in the absence of the kernel init thread).
> 
> Cheers, Andreas
> 

Hi Andreas,

I think that we can skip the journal zeroing if the underlying device,
or the journal device supports discard, and advertise that discard
zeroes data. It is the same behavior as in the case of inode tables and
it would be nice to have the same thing for journal. Are you planning to
implement this as well ?

Thanks!
-Lukas
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Andreas Dilger Feb. 7, 2011, 4:29 p.m. UTC | #3
On 2011-02-07, at 06:15, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, Andreas Dilger wrote:
>> This patch adds the ability to skip zeroing the journal on disk.  This can
>> significantly speed up mke2fs with large journals.  At worst the uninitialized
>> journal is only a very short-term risk (if at all), because the journal will
>> be overwritten on any new filesystem as soon as any significant amount of data
>> is written to disk, unlike lazy_itable_init which can leave uninitialized
>> itable blocks indefinitely (in the absence of the kernel init thread).
> 
> I think that we can skip the journal zeroing if the underlying device,
> or the journal device supports discard, and advertise that discard
> zeroes data. It is the same behavior as in the case of inode tables and
> it would be nice to have the same thing for journal. Are you planning to
> implement this as well ?

That detection didn't exist when I originally wrote that patch.  It definitely makes sense to default to not zeroing the journal if discard has been done.

Cheers, Andreas





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Lukas Czerner Aug. 11, 2011, 2:53 p.m. UTC | #4
On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Lukas Czerner wrote:

> Lazy inode table initialization speeds up file system resize operation
> because we can let the inode tables uninitialized. For some time now the
> mke2fs has similar option and now, when we have in-kernel lazyinit
> implementation we can add this feature to the resize2fs as well.
> 
> This commit adds extended options '-E' to the resize2fs code along with
> the first extended option lazy_itable_init=n, where n is a 0 or 1,
> though the '=n' argument can be omitted. With lazy_itable_init extended
> option one can instruct resize2fs to skip inode table initialization to
> significantly speed-up file system resize. If the option is omitted and
> the file system supports lazy inode table initialization it defaults to 1.

Hi Ted,

those two patches are lying long enough. Any chance merging them ? Or
would I need to rebase and repost ?

Thanks!
-Lukas
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
> ---
>  resize/main.c         |   68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  resize/online.c       |    2 +-
>  resize/resize2fs.8.in |   20 +++++++++
>  resize/resize2fs.c    |  105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  resize/resize2fs.h    |    3 +-
>  5 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/resize/main.c b/resize/main.c
> index 28a49ba..03127ea 100644
> --- a/resize/main.c
> +++ b/resize/main.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ char *program_name, *device_name, *io_options;
>  static void usage (char *prog)
>  {
>  	fprintf (stderr, _("Usage: %s [-d debug_flags] [-f] [-F] [-M] [-P] "
> -			   "[-p] device [new_size]\n\n"), prog);
> +			   "[-p] [-E extended_options] device [new_size]\n\n"),
> +			   prog);
>  
>  	exit (1);
>  }
> @@ -146,6 +147,59 @@ static void determine_fs_stride(ext2_filsys fs)
>  #endif
>  }
>  
> +static void parse_extended_opts(int *flags, const char *opts)
> +{
> +	char	*buf, *token, *next, *p, *arg, *badopt = 0;
> +	int	len;
> +	int	r_usage = 0;
> +
> +	len = strlen(opts);
> +	buf = malloc(len+1);
> +	if (!buf) {
> +		fprintf(stderr,
> +			_("Couldn't allocate memory to parse options!\n"));
> +		exit(1);
> +	}
> +	strcpy(buf, opts);
> +	for (token = buf; token && *token; token = next) {
> +		p = strchr(token, ',');
> +		next = 0;
> +		if (p) {
> +			*p = 0;
> +			next = p+1;
> +		}
> +		arg = strchr(token, '=');
> +		if (arg) {
> +			*arg = 0;
> +			arg++;
> +		}
> +		if (!strcmp(token, "lazy_itable_init")) {
> +			int lazy;
> +			if (arg)
> +				lazy = strtoul(arg, &p, 0);
> +			else
> +				lazy = 1;
> +			if (lazy == 1)
> +				*flags |= RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT;
> +		} else {
> +			r_usage++;
> +			badopt = token;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	if (r_usage) {
> +		fprintf(stderr, _("\nBad option(s) specified: %s\n\n"
> +			"Extended options are separated by commas, "
> +			"and may take an argument which\n"
> +			"\tis set off by an equals ('=') sign.\n\n"
> +			"Valid extended options are:\n"
> +			"\tlazy_itable_init[={0 to disable, 1 to enable}]\n\n"),
> +			badopt ? badopt : "");
> +		free(buf);
> +		exit(1);
> +	}
> +	free(buf);
> +}
> +
>  int main (int argc, char ** argv)
>  {
>  	errcode_t	retval;
> @@ -174,6 +228,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
>  	long		sysval;
>  	int		len, mount_flags;
>  	char		*mtpt;
> +	char *		extended_opts = NULL;
>  
>  #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
>  	setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "");
> @@ -189,7 +244,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
>  	if (argc && *argv)
>  		program_name = *argv;
>  
> -	while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "d:fFhMPpS:")) != EOF) {
> +	while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "d:fFhMPpS:E:")) != EOF) {
>  		switch (c) {
>  		case 'h':
>  			usage(program_name);
> @@ -215,6 +270,9 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
>  		case 'S':
>  			use_stride = atoi(optarg);
>  			break;
> +		case 'E':
> +			extended_opts = optarg;
> +			break;
>  		default:
>  			usage(program_name);
>  		}
> @@ -232,6 +290,12 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
>  	if (io_options)
>  		*io_options++ = 0;
>  
> +	if (access("/sys/fs/ext4/features/lazy_itable_init", R_OK) == 0)
> +		flags |= RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT;
> +
> +	if (extended_opts)
> +		parse_extended_opts(&flags, extended_opts);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Figure out whether or not the device is mounted, and if it is
>  	 * where it is mounted.
> diff --git a/resize/online.c b/resize/online.c
> index 1d8d4ec..7bc27b3 100644
> --- a/resize/online.c
> +++ b/resize/online.c
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ errcode_t online_resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, const char *mtpt,
>  	 * but at least it allows on-line resizing to function.
>  	 */
>  	new_fs->super->s_feature_incompat &= ~EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG;
> -	retval = adjust_fs_info(new_fs, fs, 0, *new_size);
> +	retval = adjust_fs_info(new_fs, fs, 0, *new_size, 0);
>  	if (retval)
>  		return retval;
>  
> diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.8.in b/resize/resize2fs.8.in
> index e02345d..7fbc979 100644
> --- a/resize/resize2fs.8.in
> +++ b/resize/resize2fs.8.in
> @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ resize2fs \- ext2/ext3/ext4 file system resizer
>  .B \-S
>  .I RAID-stride
>  ]
> +[
> +.B \-E
> +.I extended-options
> +]
>  .I device
>  [
>  .I size
> @@ -128,6 +132,22 @@ The
>  program will heuristically determine the RAID stride that was specified
>  when the filesystem was created.  This option allows the user to
>  explicitly specify a RAID stride setting to be used by resize2fs instead.
> +.TP
> +.B \-E \fIextended-options
> +Set extended options for the filesystem.  Extended options are comma
> +separated, and may take an argument using the equals ('=') sign.
> +The following extended options are supported:
> +.RS 1.2i
> +.TP
> +.B lazy_itable_init\fR[\fB= \fI{0 to disable, 1 to enable}\fR]
> +If enabled and the uninit_bg feature is enabled, the inode table will
> +not be zeroed out on disk by
> +.BR resize2fs .
> +This speeds up filesystem
> +resize noticeably, but it requires the kernel to finish
> +initializing the filesystem in the background when the filesystem is
> +mounted.  If the option value is omitted, it defaults to 1 to
> +enable lazy inode table initialization.
>  .SH KNOWN BUGS
>  The minimum size of the filesystem as estimated by resize2fs may be
>  incorrect, especially for filesystems with 1k and 2k blocksizes.
> diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.c b/resize/resize2fs.c
> index 216a626..1101364 100644
> --- a/resize/resize2fs.c
> +++ b/resize/resize2fs.c
> @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
>  #endif
>  
>  static void fix_uninit_block_bitmaps(ext2_filsys fs);
> -static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size);
> +static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size,
> +				   int flags);
>  static errcode_t blocks_to_move(ext2_resize_t rfs);
>  static errcode_t block_mover(ext2_resize_t rfs);
>  static errcode_t inode_scan_and_fix(ext2_resize_t rfs);
> @@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk64_t *new_size, int flags,
>  	if (retval)
>  		goto errout;
>  
> -	retval = adjust_superblock(rfs, *new_size);
> +	retval = adjust_superblock(rfs, *new_size, flags);
>  	if (retval)
>  		goto errout;
>  
> @@ -288,7 +289,8 @@ static void free_gdp_blocks(ext2_filsys fs,
>   * filesystem.
>   */
>  errcode_t adjust_fs_info(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_filsys old_fs,
> -			 ext2fs_block_bitmap reserve_blocks, blk64_t new_size)
> +			 ext2fs_block_bitmap reserve_blocks, blk64_t new_size,
> +			 int flags)
>  {
>  	errcode_t	retval;
>  	blk64_t		overhead = 0;
> @@ -497,8 +499,12 @@ retry:
>  		adjblocks = 0;
>  
>  		ext2fs_bg_flags_zap(fs, i);
> -		if (csum_flag)
> +		if (csum_flag && (flags & RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT))
> +			ext2fs_bg_flags_set(fs, i, EXT2_BG_INODE_UNINIT);
> +		else if (csum_flag)
>  			ext2fs_bg_flags_set(fs, i, EXT2_BG_INODE_UNINIT | EXT2_BG_INODE_ZEROED);
> +		else
> +			flags &= ~RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT;
>  		if (i == fs->group_desc_count-1) {
>  			numblocks = (ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super) -
>  				     fs->super->s_first_data_block) %
> @@ -562,18 +568,57 @@ errout:
>  	return (retval);
>  }
>  
> +static errcode_t write_inode_tables(ext2_resize_t rfs, ext2_filsys fs)
> +{
> +	unsigned long	i, max_group;
> +	errcode_t	retval;
> +	int		adj = 0;
> +
> +	memset(rfs->itable_buf, 0, fs->blocksize * fs->inode_blocks_per_group);
> +	adj = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
> +	max_group = fs->group_desc_count - adj;
> +	if (rfs->progress) {
> +		retval = rfs->progress(rfs, E2_RSZ_EXTEND_ITABLE_PASS,
> +				       0, max_group);
> +		if (retval)
> +			goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	for (i = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
> +	     i < fs->group_desc_count; i++) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Write out the new inode table
> +		 */
> +		retval = io_channel_write_blk64(fs->io,
> +						ext2fs_inode_table_loc(fs, i),
> +						fs->inode_blocks_per_group,
> +						rfs->itable_buf);
> +		if (retval)
> +			break;
> +
> +		io_channel_flush(fs->io);
> +		if (rfs->progress) {
> +			retval = rfs->progress(rfs, E2_RSZ_EXTEND_ITABLE_PASS,
> +					       i - adj + 1, max_group);
> +			if (retval)
> +				break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	io_channel_flush(fs->io);
> +out:
> +	return retval;
> +}
> +
> +
>  /*
>   * This routine adjusts the superblock and other data structures, both
>   * in disk as well as in memory...
>   */
> -static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size)
> +static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size,
> +				   int flags)
>  {
> -	ext2_filsys fs;
> -	int		adj = 0;
> +	ext2_filsys	fs;
>  	errcode_t	retval;
> -	blk64_t		group_block;
> -	unsigned long	i;
> -	unsigned long	max_group;
>  
>  	fs = rfs->new_fs;
>  	ext2fs_mark_super_dirty(fs);
> @@ -585,7 +630,8 @@ static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size)
>  	if (retval)
>  		return retval;
>  
> -	retval = adjust_fs_info(fs, rfs->old_fs, rfs->reserve_blocks, new_size);
> +	retval = adjust_fs_info(fs, rfs->old_fs, rfs->reserve_blocks, new_size,
> +				flags);
>  	if (retval)
>  		goto errout;
>  
> @@ -626,41 +672,8 @@ static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size)
>  	if (retval)
>  		goto errout;
>  
> -	memset(rfs->itable_buf, 0, fs->blocksize * fs->inode_blocks_per_group);
> -	group_block = fs->super->s_first_data_block +
> -		rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count * fs->super->s_blocks_per_group;
> -
> -	adj = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
> -	max_group = fs->group_desc_count - adj;
> -	if (rfs->progress) {
> -		retval = rfs->progress(rfs, E2_RSZ_EXTEND_ITABLE_PASS,
> -				       0, max_group);
> -		if (retval)
> -			goto errout;
> -	}
> -	for (i = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
> -	     i < fs->group_desc_count; i++) {
> -		/*
> -		 * Write out the new inode table
> -		 */
> -		retval = io_channel_write_blk64(fs->io,
> -						ext2fs_inode_table_loc(fs, i),
> -						fs->inode_blocks_per_group,
> -						rfs->itable_buf);
> -		if (retval) goto errout;
> -
> -		io_channel_flush(fs->io);
> -		if (rfs->progress) {
> -			retval = rfs->progress(rfs, E2_RSZ_EXTEND_ITABLE_PASS,
> -					       i - adj + 1, max_group);
> -			if (retval)
> -				goto errout;
> -		}
> -		group_block += fs->super->s_blocks_per_group;
> -	}
> -	io_channel_flush(fs->io);
> -	retval = 0;
> -
> +	if (!(flags & RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT))
> +		retval = write_inode_tables(rfs, fs);
>  errout:
>  	return retval;
>  }
> diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.h b/resize/resize2fs.h
> index 2184759..a968071 100644
> --- a/resize/resize2fs.h
> +++ b/resize/resize2fs.h
> @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ typedef struct ext2_sim_progress *ext2_sim_progmeter;
>  
>  #define RESIZE_PERCENT_COMPLETE		0x0100
>  #define RESIZE_VERBOSE			0x0200
> +#define RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT		0x0400	/* Do not initialize inode tables*/
>  
>  /*
>   * The core state structure for the ext2 resizer
> @@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ extern errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk64_t *new_size, int flags,
>  
>  extern errcode_t adjust_fs_info(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_filsys old_fs,
>  				ext2fs_block_bitmap reserve_blocks,
> -				blk64_t new_size);
> +				blk64_t new_size, int flags);
>  extern blk64_t calculate_minimum_resize_size(ext2_filsys fs);
>  
>  
>
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Patch

diff --git a/resize/main.c b/resize/main.c
index 28a49ba..03127ea 100644
--- a/resize/main.c
+++ b/resize/main.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@  char *program_name, *device_name, *io_options;
 static void usage (char *prog)
 {
 	fprintf (stderr, _("Usage: %s [-d debug_flags] [-f] [-F] [-M] [-P] "
-			   "[-p] device [new_size]\n\n"), prog);
+			   "[-p] [-E extended_options] device [new_size]\n\n"),
+			   prog);
 
 	exit (1);
 }
@@ -146,6 +147,59 @@  static void determine_fs_stride(ext2_filsys fs)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void parse_extended_opts(int *flags, const char *opts)
+{
+	char	*buf, *token, *next, *p, *arg, *badopt = 0;
+	int	len;
+	int	r_usage = 0;
+
+	len = strlen(opts);
+	buf = malloc(len+1);
+	if (!buf) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			_("Couldn't allocate memory to parse options!\n"));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	strcpy(buf, opts);
+	for (token = buf; token && *token; token = next) {
+		p = strchr(token, ',');
+		next = 0;
+		if (p) {
+			*p = 0;
+			next = p+1;
+		}
+		arg = strchr(token, '=');
+		if (arg) {
+			*arg = 0;
+			arg++;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(token, "lazy_itable_init")) {
+			int lazy;
+			if (arg)
+				lazy = strtoul(arg, &p, 0);
+			else
+				lazy = 1;
+			if (lazy == 1)
+				*flags |= RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT;
+		} else {
+			r_usage++;
+			badopt = token;
+		}
+	}
+	if (r_usage) {
+		fprintf(stderr, _("\nBad option(s) specified: %s\n\n"
+			"Extended options are separated by commas, "
+			"and may take an argument which\n"
+			"\tis set off by an equals ('=') sign.\n\n"
+			"Valid extended options are:\n"
+			"\tlazy_itable_init[={0 to disable, 1 to enable}]\n\n"),
+			badopt ? badopt : "");
+		free(buf);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	free(buf);
+}
+
 int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 {
 	errcode_t	retval;
@@ -174,6 +228,7 @@  int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	long		sysval;
 	int		len, mount_flags;
 	char		*mtpt;
+	char *		extended_opts = NULL;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 	setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "");
@@ -189,7 +244,7 @@  int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	if (argc && *argv)
 		program_name = *argv;
 
-	while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "d:fFhMPpS:")) != EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "d:fFhMPpS:E:")) != EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'h':
 			usage(program_name);
@@ -215,6 +270,9 @@  int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 		case 'S':
 			use_stride = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'E':
+			extended_opts = optarg;
+			break;
 		default:
 			usage(program_name);
 		}
@@ -232,6 +290,12 @@  int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	if (io_options)
 		*io_options++ = 0;
 
+	if (access("/sys/fs/ext4/features/lazy_itable_init", R_OK) == 0)
+		flags |= RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT;
+
+	if (extended_opts)
+		parse_extended_opts(&flags, extended_opts);
+
 	/*
 	 * Figure out whether or not the device is mounted, and if it is
 	 * where it is mounted.
diff --git a/resize/online.c b/resize/online.c
index 1d8d4ec..7bc27b3 100644
--- a/resize/online.c
+++ b/resize/online.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@  errcode_t online_resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, const char *mtpt,
 	 * but at least it allows on-line resizing to function.
 	 */
 	new_fs->super->s_feature_incompat &= ~EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG;
-	retval = adjust_fs_info(new_fs, fs, 0, *new_size);
+	retval = adjust_fs_info(new_fs, fs, 0, *new_size, 0);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.8.in b/resize/resize2fs.8.in
index e02345d..7fbc979 100644
--- a/resize/resize2fs.8.in
+++ b/resize/resize2fs.8.in
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@  resize2fs \- ext2/ext3/ext4 file system resizer
 .B \-S
 .I RAID-stride
 ]
+[
+.B \-E
+.I extended-options
+]
 .I device
 [
 .I size
@@ -128,6 +132,22 @@  The
 program will heuristically determine the RAID stride that was specified
 when the filesystem was created.  This option allows the user to
 explicitly specify a RAID stride setting to be used by resize2fs instead.
+.TP
+.B \-E \fIextended-options
+Set extended options for the filesystem.  Extended options are comma
+separated, and may take an argument using the equals ('=') sign.
+The following extended options are supported:
+.RS 1.2i
+.TP
+.B lazy_itable_init\fR[\fB= \fI{0 to disable, 1 to enable}\fR]
+If enabled and the uninit_bg feature is enabled, the inode table will
+not be zeroed out on disk by
+.BR resize2fs .
+This speeds up filesystem
+resize noticeably, but it requires the kernel to finish
+initializing the filesystem in the background when the filesystem is
+mounted.  If the option value is omitted, it defaults to 1 to
+enable lazy inode table initialization.
 .SH KNOWN BUGS
 The minimum size of the filesystem as estimated by resize2fs may be
 incorrect, especially for filesystems with 1k and 2k blocksizes.
diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.c b/resize/resize2fs.c
index 216a626..1101364 100644
--- a/resize/resize2fs.c
+++ b/resize/resize2fs.c
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ 
 #endif
 
 static void fix_uninit_block_bitmaps(ext2_filsys fs);
-static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size);
+static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size,
+				   int flags);
 static errcode_t blocks_to_move(ext2_resize_t rfs);
 static errcode_t block_mover(ext2_resize_t rfs);
 static errcode_t inode_scan_and_fix(ext2_resize_t rfs);
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@  errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk64_t *new_size, int flags,
 	if (retval)
 		goto errout;
 
-	retval = adjust_superblock(rfs, *new_size);
+	retval = adjust_superblock(rfs, *new_size, flags);
 	if (retval)
 		goto errout;
 
@@ -288,7 +289,8 @@  static void free_gdp_blocks(ext2_filsys fs,
  * filesystem.
  */
 errcode_t adjust_fs_info(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_filsys old_fs,
-			 ext2fs_block_bitmap reserve_blocks, blk64_t new_size)
+			 ext2fs_block_bitmap reserve_blocks, blk64_t new_size,
+			 int flags)
 {
 	errcode_t	retval;
 	blk64_t		overhead = 0;
@@ -497,8 +499,12 @@  retry:
 		adjblocks = 0;
 
 		ext2fs_bg_flags_zap(fs, i);
-		if (csum_flag)
+		if (csum_flag && (flags & RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT))
+			ext2fs_bg_flags_set(fs, i, EXT2_BG_INODE_UNINIT);
+		else if (csum_flag)
 			ext2fs_bg_flags_set(fs, i, EXT2_BG_INODE_UNINIT | EXT2_BG_INODE_ZEROED);
+		else
+			flags &= ~RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT;
 		if (i == fs->group_desc_count-1) {
 			numblocks = (ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super) -
 				     fs->super->s_first_data_block) %
@@ -562,18 +568,57 @@  errout:
 	return (retval);
 }
 
+static errcode_t write_inode_tables(ext2_resize_t rfs, ext2_filsys fs)
+{
+	unsigned long	i, max_group;
+	errcode_t	retval;
+	int		adj = 0;
+
+	memset(rfs->itable_buf, 0, fs->blocksize * fs->inode_blocks_per_group);
+	adj = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
+	max_group = fs->group_desc_count - adj;
+	if (rfs->progress) {
+		retval = rfs->progress(rfs, E2_RSZ_EXTEND_ITABLE_PASS,
+				       0, max_group);
+		if (retval)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
+	     i < fs->group_desc_count; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * Write out the new inode table
+		 */
+		retval = io_channel_write_blk64(fs->io,
+						ext2fs_inode_table_loc(fs, i),
+						fs->inode_blocks_per_group,
+						rfs->itable_buf);
+		if (retval)
+			break;
+
+		io_channel_flush(fs->io);
+		if (rfs->progress) {
+			retval = rfs->progress(rfs, E2_RSZ_EXTEND_ITABLE_PASS,
+					       i - adj + 1, max_group);
+			if (retval)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	io_channel_flush(fs->io);
+out:
+	return retval;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * This routine adjusts the superblock and other data structures, both
  * in disk as well as in memory...
  */
-static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size)
+static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size,
+				   int flags)
 {
-	ext2_filsys fs;
-	int		adj = 0;
+	ext2_filsys	fs;
 	errcode_t	retval;
-	blk64_t		group_block;
-	unsigned long	i;
-	unsigned long	max_group;
 
 	fs = rfs->new_fs;
 	ext2fs_mark_super_dirty(fs);
@@ -585,7 +630,8 @@  static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size)
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
-	retval = adjust_fs_info(fs, rfs->old_fs, rfs->reserve_blocks, new_size);
+	retval = adjust_fs_info(fs, rfs->old_fs, rfs->reserve_blocks, new_size,
+				flags);
 	if (retval)
 		goto errout;
 
@@ -626,41 +672,8 @@  static errcode_t adjust_superblock(ext2_resize_t rfs, blk64_t new_size)
 	if (retval)
 		goto errout;
 
-	memset(rfs->itable_buf, 0, fs->blocksize * fs->inode_blocks_per_group);
-	group_block = fs->super->s_first_data_block +
-		rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count * fs->super->s_blocks_per_group;
-
-	adj = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
-	max_group = fs->group_desc_count - adj;
-	if (rfs->progress) {
-		retval = rfs->progress(rfs, E2_RSZ_EXTEND_ITABLE_PASS,
-				       0, max_group);
-		if (retval)
-			goto errout;
-	}
-	for (i = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
-	     i < fs->group_desc_count; i++) {
-		/*
-		 * Write out the new inode table
-		 */
-		retval = io_channel_write_blk64(fs->io,
-						ext2fs_inode_table_loc(fs, i),
-						fs->inode_blocks_per_group,
-						rfs->itable_buf);
-		if (retval) goto errout;
-
-		io_channel_flush(fs->io);
-		if (rfs->progress) {
-			retval = rfs->progress(rfs, E2_RSZ_EXTEND_ITABLE_PASS,
-					       i - adj + 1, max_group);
-			if (retval)
-				goto errout;
-		}
-		group_block += fs->super->s_blocks_per_group;
-	}
-	io_channel_flush(fs->io);
-	retval = 0;
-
+	if (!(flags & RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT))
+		retval = write_inode_tables(rfs, fs);
 errout:
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.h b/resize/resize2fs.h
index 2184759..a968071 100644
--- a/resize/resize2fs.h
+++ b/resize/resize2fs.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@  typedef struct ext2_sim_progress *ext2_sim_progmeter;
 
 #define RESIZE_PERCENT_COMPLETE		0x0100
 #define RESIZE_VERBOSE			0x0200
+#define RESIZE_LAZY_ITABLE_INIT		0x0400	/* Do not initialize inode tables*/
 
 /*
  * The core state structure for the ext2 resizer
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@  extern errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk64_t *new_size, int flags,
 
 extern errcode_t adjust_fs_info(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_filsys old_fs,
 				ext2fs_block_bitmap reserve_blocks,
-				blk64_t new_size);
+				blk64_t new_size, int flags);
 extern blk64_t calculate_minimum_resize_size(ext2_filsys fs);