linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/6] ext4: cleanup ext4_ext_grow

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Date:	Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:27:26 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, achender@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] ext4: cleanup ext4_ext_grow_indepth code

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 01:08:54AM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> Currently code make an impression what grow procedure is very complicated
> and some mythical paths, blocks are involved. But in fact grow in depth
> it relatively simple procedure:
>  1) Just create new meta block and copy roots content to it
>  2) Convert root from extent to index if old depth == 0
>  3) update root block pointer
> 

Applied, thanks.

BTW: 

>  - Do not pass path parameter to new_meta_block() in order to
>    provoke allocation from inode's group because top-level block
>    should site closer to it's inode, but not to leaf data block.

This happens anyway, due to logic in mballoc; as a result the path
parameter in ext4_ext_new_meta_block() is really pointless, and should
be dropped.

						- Ted
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