linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] ext4: Make ext4_block_in

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Date:	Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:34:44 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] ext4: Make ext4_block_in_group() much more
 efficient

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:04:04PM +0100, Lukas Czerner wrote:
>  #define EXT4_MOUNT2_EXPLICIT_DELALLOC	0x00000001 /* User explicitly
>  						      specified delalloc */
> +#define EXT4_MOUNT_STD_GROUP_SIZE	0x00000002 /* We have standard group
> +						      size of blocksize * 8
> +						      blocks */

This should be EXT4_MOUNT2_STD_GROUP_SIZE, and then all calls to
set_opt, test_opt, etc. should be set_opt2, test_opt2, etc.  As it
turns out bit 0x0002 isn't used for flags in s_mount_opt family, so
the other fix would be to move this definition to before
EXT4_MOUNT_GRPID in ext4.

However, the EXT4_MOUNT_* options should be reserved for options that
are set via mount options, since we have support for setting bits in
s_mount_opt via a table-driven approach (see how the mount_opt field
in the struct mount_opts in fs/ext4/super.c is used).  So for things
that are set automatically, such as in this case, we should use a bit
assignment for s_mount_opt2.

Cheers,

					- Ted
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