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Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:57:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: Use ext2fs_flush() only once

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011, Lukas Czerner wrote:

> We are doing ext2fs_flush() twice right now at the end of the mke2fs.
> First by directly calling ext2fs_flush() which is intended to write
> superblock and fs accounting information. And then it is invoked again
> when we are calling ext2fs_close(), only this time, because the fs is
> not dirty, we are writing out only superblock.
> 
> I think it is bad to call it twice because even when writing only super
> block it takes some time on bigger file systems and moreover
> ext2fs_close() can fail without any reasonable explanation for the user.
> Also ext2fs_flush() is printing out progress and it is confusing for the
> users.
> 
> Fix all this by removing the ext2fs_flush() and leaving it all to
> ext2fs_close(). However we need to introduce new variables to store
> check interval and max mount count, because fs structure is freed on
> ext2fs_close() and we really want to print those information as the last
> info for the user.

Ping

> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
> ---
>  misc/mke2fs.c                   |   15 ++++++++-------
>  misc/tune2fs.c                  |    3 ++-
>  misc/util.c                     |    5 ++---
>  misc/util.h                     |    2 +-
>  tests/m_extent_journal/expect.1 |    2 +-
>  tests/m_uninit/expect.1         |    2 +-
>  6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
> index e062bda..481e550 100644
> --- a/misc/mke2fs.c
> +++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
> @@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
>  	ext2_filsys	fs;
>  	badblocks_list	bb_list = 0;
>  	unsigned int	journal_blocks;
> -	unsigned int	i;
> +	unsigned int	i, max_mnt_count, checkinterval;
>  	int		val, hash_alg;
>  	int		flags;
>  	int		old_bitmaps;
> @@ -2469,22 +2469,23 @@ no_journal:
>  	if (!quiet)
>  		printf(_("Writing superblocks and "
>  		       "filesystem accounting information: "));
> -	retval = ext2fs_flush(fs);
> +	checkinterval = fs->super->s_checkinterval;
> +	max_mnt_count = fs->super->s_max_mnt_count;
> +	retval = ext2fs_close(fs);
>  	if (retval) {
>  		fprintf(stderr,
>  			_("\nWarning, had trouble writing out superblocks."));
> -	}
> -	if (!quiet) {
> +	} else if (!quiet) {
>  		printf(_("done\n\n"));
>  		if (!getenv("MKE2FS_SKIP_CHECK_MSG"))
> -			print_check_message(fs);
> +			print_check_message(max_mnt_count, checkinterval);
>  	}
> -	val = ext2fs_close(fs);
> +
>  	remove_error_table(&et_ext2_error_table);
>  	remove_error_table(&et_prof_error_table);
>  	profile_release(profile);
>  	for (i=0; fs_types[i]; i++)
>  		free(fs_types[i]);
>  	free(fs_types);
> -	return (retval || val) ? 1 : 0;
> +	return retval;
>  }
> diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.c b/misc/tune2fs.c
> index 5bf5187..0e1e1cf 100644
> --- a/misc/tune2fs.c
> +++ b/misc/tune2fs.c
> @@ -568,7 +568,8 @@ static void add_journal(ext2_filsys fs)
>  		if ((mount_flags & EXT2_MF_MOUNTED) == 0)
>  			fs->flags &= ~EXT2_FLAG_SUPER_ONLY;
>  	}
> -	print_check_message(fs);
> +	print_check_message(fs->super->s_max_mnt_count,
> +			    fs->super->s_checkinterval);
>  	return;
>  
>  err:
> diff --git a/misc/util.c b/misc/util.c
> index 51bdb60..18329ee 100644
> --- a/misc/util.c
> +++ b/misc/util.c
> @@ -282,12 +282,11 @@ unsigned int figure_journal_size(int size, ext2_filsys fs)
>  	return j_blocks;
>  }
>  
> -void print_check_message(ext2_filsys fs)
> +void print_check_message(unsigned int mnt, unsigned int check)
>  {
>  	printf(_("This filesystem will be automatically "
>  		 "checked every %d mounts or\n"
>  		 "%g days, whichever comes first.  "
>  		 "Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.\n"),
> -	       fs->super->s_max_mnt_count,
> -	       (double)fs->super->s_checkinterval / (3600 * 24));
> +		mnt, check / (3600 * 24));
>  }
> diff --git a/misc/util.h b/misc/util.h
> index e0c99f6..d05f17e 100644
> --- a/misc/util.h
> +++ b/misc/util.h
> @@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ extern void check_plausibility(const char *device);
>  extern void parse_journal_opts(const char *opts);
>  extern void check_mount(const char *device, int force, const char *type);
>  extern unsigned int figure_journal_size(int size, ext2_filsys fs);
> -extern void print_check_message(ext2_filsys fs);
> +extern void print_check_message(unsigned int, unsigned int);
> diff --git a/tests/m_extent_journal/expect.1 b/tests/m_extent_journal/expect.1
> index 88ea2d9..a8c5b63 100644
> --- a/tests/m_extent_journal/expect.1
> +++ b/tests/m_extent_journal/expect.1
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Writing inode tables: 0/8...1/8...2/8...3/8...4/8...5/8...6/8...7/8...   ...done
>  Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
>  Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/8...1/8...2/8...3/8...4/8...5/8...6/8...7/8...   ...done
>  
> -0/8...1/8...2/8...3/8...4/8...5/8...6/8...7/8...   ...Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype extent sparse_super
> +Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype extent sparse_super
>   
>  Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
>  Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> diff --git a/tests/m_uninit/expect.1 b/tests/m_uninit/expect.1
> index 173c072..a3c059d 100644
> --- a/tests/m_uninit/expect.1
> +++ b/tests/m_uninit/expect.1
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Allocating group tables:  0/16..... 1/16..... 2/16..... 3/16..... 4/16..... 5/16
>  Writing inode tables:  0/16..... 1/16..... 2/16..... 3/16..... 4/16..... 5/16..... 6/16..... 7/16..... 8/16..... 9/16.....10/16.....11/16.....12/16.....13/16.....14/16.....15/16.....     .....done                            
>  Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information:  0/16..... 1/16..... 2/16..... 3/16..... 4/16..... 5/16..... 6/16..... 7/16..... 8/16..... 9/16.....10/16.....11/16.....12/16.....13/16.....14/16.....15/16.....     .....done
>  
> - 0/16..... 1/16..... 2/16..... 3/16..... 4/16..... 5/16..... 6/16..... 7/16..... 8/16..... 9/16.....10/16.....11/16.....12/16.....13/16.....14/16.....15/16.....     .....Filesystem features: ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype sparse_super uninit_bg
> +Filesystem features: ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype sparse_super uninit_bg
>   
>  Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
>  Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> 

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