linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: optimize block allocation on grow indepth

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Date:	Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:00:31 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: optimize block allocation on grow indepth

On Tue 23-09-14 11:02:32, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> It is reasonable to prepent newly created index to older one.
...
> -	newblock = ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle, inode, NULL,
> -		newext, &err, flags);
> +	/* Try to prepend new index to old one */
> +	if (ext_depth(inode))
> +		goal = ext4_idx_pblock(EXT_FIRST_INDEX(ext_inode_hdr(inode)));
> +	if (goal > le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block)) {
> +		flags |= EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL;
> +		goal--;
> +	} else
> +		goal =  ext4_inode_to_goal_block(inode);
> +	newblock = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode, goal, flags,
> +					NULL, &err);
>  	if (newblock == 0)
>  		return err;
  Hum, did you actually observe any improvement in file layout with this
patch?

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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