linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v5 3/10] ext4: Add support FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE

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Date:	Thu, 20 Feb 2014 07:56:21 +0900
From:	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>
To:	Dongsu Park <dongsu.park@...fitbricks.com>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, david@...morbit.com, bpm@....com,
	tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jack@...e.cz,
	mtk.manpages@...il.com, lczerner@...hat.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@...sung.com>,
	Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/10] ext4: Add support FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE for fallocate

2014-02-20 6:58 GMT+09:00, Dongsu Park <dongsu.park@...fitbricks.com>:
> Hi Namjae,
> see below:
Hi Dongsu.
>
> On 19.02.2014 01:38, Namjae Jeon wrote:
>> This patch implements fallocate's FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE for Ext4.
> ...<snip>...
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Don't start shifting extents until we make sure the hole is big
>> +	 * enough to accomodate the shift.
>> +	 */
>> +	path = ext4_ext_find_extent(inode, start - 1, NULL, 0);
>> +	depth = path->p_depth;
>> +	extent =  path[depth].p_ext;
>> +	ex_start = extent->ee_block;
>> +	ex_end = extent->ee_block + ext4_ext_get_actual_len(extent);
>> +	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
>> +	kfree(path);
>> +
>> +	if ((start == ex_start && shift > ex_start) ||
>> +	    (shift > start - ex_end)) {
>
> This line causes a compile error. So the fix would be like that:
Oops.. I made a stupid mistake when creating the patch at dawn..
Thanks for your pointing.
>
> -	    (shift > start - ex_end)) {
> +	    (shift > start - ex_end))
>
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +	/* Its safe to start updating extents */
Yes, Right.
> ...<snip>...
>
> Apart from that, the whole patchset seems to work without error,
> both on xfs and on ext4.
> Of course I had to remove Lukas' patches before testing collapse-range.
> So it would be excellent if two patch series could get somehow merged.
>
> Tested-by: Dongsu Park <dongsu.park@...fitbricks.com>
Thank you so much for your testing!
>
> Regards,
> Dongsu
>
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