linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/3] ext4: remove block bitmap initialization in ext4_new

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:30:47 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ext4: remove block bitmap initialization in ext4_new_inode()

We don't need to initialize the block bitmap when we allocate a new
inode.  This is old code from the very early days that is just
confusing things, and also has the problem of modifying the block
group descriptor without obeying the ext4_journal_get_write_access() /
ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() modification protocols.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
---
 fs/ext4/ialloc.c |   31 -------------------------------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 72fc989..a4ce10f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -807,37 +807,6 @@ repeat_in_this_group:
 	goto out;
 
 got:
-	/* We may have to initialize the block bitmap if it isn't already */
-	if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM) &&
-	    gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
-		struct buffer_head *block_bitmap_bh;
-
-		block_bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group);
-		BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "get block bitmap access");
-		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, block_bitmap_bh);
-		if (err) {
-			brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
-			goto fail;
-		}
-
-		BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "dirty block bitmap");
-		err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, block_bitmap_bh);
-		brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
-
-		/* recheck and clear flag under lock if we still need to */
-		ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
-		if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
-			gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
-			ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp,
-				ext4_free_clusters_after_init(sb, group, gdp));
-			gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, group,
-								gdp);
-		}
-		ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
-
-		if (err)
-			goto fail;
-	}
 	BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, group_desc_bh);
 	if (err)
-- 
1.7.8.11.gefc1f.dirty

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