linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/32] ext4: fix credits calculation for xattr inode

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:19:06 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/32] ext4: fix credits calculation for xattr inode

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 02:21:27PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> When there is no space for a value in xattr block, it may be stored
> in an xattr inode even if the value length is less than
> EXT4_XATTR_MIN_LARGE_EA_SIZE(). So the current assumption in credits
> calculation is wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted