linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 3/3] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and actually used space

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Date:	Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:23:56 +0800
From:	joeyli <jlee@...e.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
Cc:	"matt.fleming@...el.com" <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 3/3] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and
 actually used space

於 三，2013-04-24 於 11:57 +0000，Matthew Garrett 提到：
> On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 18:59 +0800, joeyli wrote:
> 
> > Then why we don't just remove the "remaining_size" condition but only
> > monitor the active_size should not larger then 1/2 storage_size?
> 
> If we calculate active_size as using more than 50% of the storage space
> but remaining_size says we still have more than 50% available, we should
> trust remaining_size instead of active_size.
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org

That makes sense because BIOS base on remaining_size to trigger garbage
collection.

Thanks for your clarification!

Joey Lee


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