linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix ext4_init_block_bitmap() for metablock block group

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Message-id: <20080616191902.GU3726@webber.adilger.int>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:19:02 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Tweedie <sct@...hat.com>, adilger@...sterfs.com,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix ext4_init_block_bitmap() for metablock block
	group

On Jun 16, 2008  23:10 +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> Looks good to me. But I'd like to divide into the change into simple
> bugfix and cleanup patch in order to clarify the each change.
> 
> Here is a bugfix only patch.
> 
> From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> Subject: ext4: fix ext4_init_block_bitmap() for metablock block group
> 
> When meta_bg feature is enabled and s_first_meta_bg != 0, 
> ext4_init_block_bitmap() miscalculates the number of block used by
> the group descriptor table (0 or 1 for metablock block group)
> 
> group_rel in the original code should be calculated by:
> 
>         group_rel = block_group % EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
> 
> No need to subtract s_first_meta_bg from brock_group.
> It will be equivalent what ext4_bg_num_gdb_meta() does
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Stephen Tweedie <sct@...hat.com>
> Cc: adilger@...sterfs.com
> Cc: Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>

Acked-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>

> ---
>  fs/ext4/balloc.c |    5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: 2.6-git/fs/ext4/balloc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6-git.orig/fs/ext4/balloc.c
> +++ 2.6-git/fs/ext4/balloc.c
> @@ -121,9 +121,8 @@ unsigned ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct s
>  				le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks);
>  		}
>  	} else { /* For META_BG_BLOCK_GROUPS */
> -		int group_rel = (block_group -
> -				 le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_meta_bg)) %
> -				EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
> +		int group_rel = block_group % EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
> +
>  		if (group_rel == 0 || group_rel == 1 ||
>  		    (group_rel == EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1))
>  			bit_max += 1;

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.

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