linux-ext4 - Re: update uninitialized-block-groups.patch and mballoc-core.patch

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Date:	Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:44:01 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Valerie Clement <valerie.clement@...l.net>
CC:	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: update uninitialized-block-groups.patch and mballoc-core.patch



Valerie Clement wrote:
> Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> +    if (block_group == sbi->s_gdb_count - 1) {
>> +        /*
>> +         * Even though mke2fs always initialize first and last group
>> +         * if some other tool enabled the EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT we need
>> +         * to make sure we calculate the right free blocks
>> +         */
>> +        free_blocks = ext4_blocks_count(sbi->s_es) -
>> +                le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block) -
>> +                (EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) * sbi->s_groups_count) -
>> +                bit_max;
>> +    } else {
>> +        free_blocks = EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - bit_max;
>> +    }
> 
> Hi Aneesh,
> 
> I found a bug in the latest uninitialized-block-groups patch.
> (block_group == sbi->s_gdb_count - 1)  must be replaced by
> (block_group == sbi->s_groups_count - 1) in the ext4_init_block_bitmap() 
> function.
> 
> (Seen while testing the mballoc feature with uninit_groups option 
> enabled. fsck reported an error on this group.)
> 

That is correct. Thanks for catching this. 


Did you test the patch in the patch queue. It actually changes the above
line slightly differently. 

Updated patch attached. 

-aneesh

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