linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Use superblock s_raid_stripe_width as stripe size during block allocation.

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Message-Id: <1199916131.4011.5.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:02:11 -0800
From:	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	tytso@....edu, adilger@....com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Use superblock s_raid_stripe_width as stripe
	size during block allocation.

On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 22:37 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> The stipe size used during block allocation is calculated as below.
> a) if we specify a stripe=<value> option using mount time. Use that value.
> b) if not use the value specified in super block.
> b) If the value specfied at mount time is greater than blocks per group use
> the value specified ini the super block.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/super.c |   10 ++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index db1edc8..10330eb 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -2136,6 +2136,16 @@ static int ext4_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
>  	sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_alloc_hit = 0;
>  	sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_goal_size = 0;
>  	ext4_rsv_window_add(sb, &sbi->s_rsv_window_head);
> +	/*
> +	 * set the stripe size. If we have specified it via mount option, then
> +	 * use the mount option value. If the value specified at mount time is
> +	 * greater than the blocks per group use the super block value.
> +	 * Allocator needs it be less than blocks per group.

Is that still true with flex bg?

> +	 */
> +	if (!sbi->s_stripe ||
> +			sbi->s_stripe >= sbi->s_blocks_per_group) {
> +		sbi->s_stripe = le32_to_cpu(es->s_raid_stripe_width);
> +	}
> 
>  	/*
>  	 * set up enough so that it can read an inode

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