linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix small file fragmentation

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Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:03:01 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	cmm@...ibm.com, sandeen@...hat.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix small file fragmentation

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:01:12PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
> index 25adfc3..a658690 100644
> --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
> +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
> @@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
>  		 */
>  		if (!was_dirty) {
>  			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
> -			list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
> +			//list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
> +			__list_del(&inode->i_list->prev, &inode->i_list->next);
> +			list_add_tail(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
>  		}
>  	}
>  out:

better one

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 25adfc3..91f3c54 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		 */
 		if (!was_dirty) {
 			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
-			list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
+			list_move_tail(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 		}
 	}
 out:
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