linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: no need to cond_resched() in ext4_trim_all

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Date:   Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:26:05 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: no need to cond_resched() in
 ext4_trim_all_free()

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:36:40AM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> There is no need to call cond_resched() in ext4_trim_all_free() since
> blkdev_issue_discard() already takes care of that. So just remove it.

Actually, it could be needed.  If minblocks is a small value, say 2,
and every other block in file system is allocated, then we could be in
the while loop for a long time.  That's a pretty unusual case, but
it's good to have the need_resched() check there.

						- Ted