linux-ext4 - Re: spatch for 64-bit e2fsprogs (was Re: Fix device too big bug in mainline?)

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Date:	Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:24:08 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
To:	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>,
	Jesper Andersen <jespera@...u.dk>
Subject: Re: spatch for 64-bit e2fsprogs (was Re: Fix device too big bug in
	mainline?)

Semantic patches...  a very interesting idea.

On Aug 04, 2009  14:18 -0400, Valerie Aurora wrote:
> // Free blocks
> -fs->group_desc[group].bg_free_blocks_count++
> +ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count_set(fs, group, ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count(fs, group)+1)
> |
> -fs->group_desc[group].bg_free_blocks_count--
> +ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count_set(fs, group, ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count(fs, group)-1)
> |
> -fs->group_desc[group].bg_free_blocks_count += i
> +ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count_set(fs, group, ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count(fs, group)+i)
> |
> -fs->group_desc[group].bg_free_blocks_count -= i
> +ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count_set(fs, group, ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count(fs, group)-i)

I wonder if it makes more sense for ext2fs to export functions like
ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count_add() and ext2fs_bg_free_blocks_count_sub()?

> -fs->group_desc[group].bg_flags & flag
> +ext2fs_bg_flag_test(fs, group, flag)
> |
> -fs->group_desc[group].bg_flags &= ~flag
> +ext2fs_bg_flag_clear(fs, group, flag)
> |
> -fs->group_desc[group].bg_flags |= flag
> +ext2fs_bg_flag_set(fs, group, flag)
> |
> -fs->group_desc[group].bg_flags = 0
> +ext2fs_bg_flags_clear(fs, group, 0)

This last one looks like an error.  To clear the flags you should
use ext2fs_bg_flags_set(fs, group, 0), otherwise you are "clearing
no flags".


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

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