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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:59:24 -0700 From: Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com> To: Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: mballoc avoid use root reserved blocks for non root allocation On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 22:33 -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 02:06:53PM -0700, Mingming Cao wrote: > > ext4: mballoc avoid use root reserved blocks for non root allocation > > > > From: Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com> > > > > mballoc allocation missed check for blocks reserved for root users. Add > > ext4_has_free_blocks() check before allocation. Also modified > > ext4_has_free_blocks() to support multiple block allocation request. > > This was discovered by a Gentoo user who tried compiling on a UP system..... > > > Index: linux-2.6.26-rc4/fs/ext4/balloc.c > > .... > > + if (free_blocks - root_blocks < FBC_BATCH) > > + free_blocks = > > + percpu_counter_sum_positive(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter); > > > FBC_BATCH is only defined if CONFIG_SMP is defined. I believe the > simplest fix is surround the above if statement with an "#ifdef > CONFIG_SMP", since on UP systems, the percpu counters are always > exactly correct. > Works for me. One up system the counter is always accurate. FBC_BATCH is just some value to trigger sum up from per cpu counters to get the accurate value, we don't need to do this for single UP. Mingming > - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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