Is it possible to disable inobtcount and bigtime on an existed XFS filesystem?

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Issue

  • Is it possible to disable inobtcount and bigtime on an existed XFS filesystem?
  • Disabling inobtcount and bigtime on an un-mounted XFS filesystem failed with error below:
# xfs_admin -O inobtcount=0 /dev/vda3
Running xfs_repair to upgrade filesystem.
-c inobtcount only supports upgrades

# xfs_admin -O bigtime=0 /dev/vda3
Running xfs_repair to upgrade filesystem.
-c bigtime only supports upgrades

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 or higher
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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