linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/3] readahead drop behind and size adjustment

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Message-ID: <20070724085056.GE5992@schatzie.adilger.int>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:50:56 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...il.com>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	riel <riel@...hat.com>, Tim Pepper <lnxninja@...ibm.com>,
	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Chris Ahna <christopher.j.ahna@...el.com>,
	David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@....hp.com>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...isc-linux.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] readahead drop behind and size adjustment

On Jul 23, 2007  18:17 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> hm, yes, there is a risk that the code was accidentally correct.  Or the
> code has only ever dealt with power-of-2 inputs, in which case it happens
> to work either way.
> 
> David(s) and ext4-people: could we please have a close review of these
> changes?
> > @@ -1706,8 +1704,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super (struct super
> > -	sbi->s_addr_per_block_bits = log2(EXT4_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(sb));
> > -	sbi->s_desc_per_block_bits = log2(EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb));
> > +	sbi->s_addr_per_block_bits = ilog2(EXT4_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(sb));
> > +	sbi->s_desc_per_block_bits = ilog2(EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb));

For the ext[234] code there has only ever been power-of-two values for
ADDR_PER_BLOCK() and DESC_PER_BLOCK().

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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