linux-ext4 - [Bug 15420] EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23 causes wrong free space calculation on ext2 and ext3

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Date:	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:31 GMT
From:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug 15420] EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23 causes wrong free space calculation
 on ext2 and ext3

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15420





--- Comment #6 from Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>  2010-03-10 12:25:21 ---
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15420
> 
> 
> Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> changed:
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> --- Comment #5 from Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>  2010-03-10 03:12:30 ---
> This sounds like the block reservation code for delayed allocation is
> over-aggressive about estimating how many blocks are need for the indirect
> blocks in the case of indirect-mapped inodes (which would be what you get when
> mounting an ext2 filesystem using the ext4 file system driver).
> 
> This should be an aesthetic issue only, but it would be nice to have this be
> fixed.
  Since bugzilla seems to be down now, I'll reply by email:
Won't it make sence to use 'nodelalloc' by default when ext4 driver is used
for ext2 or ext3 filesystem? Because delayed allocation has some implications
people need not expect - like the overestimation of needed blocks, or changed
semantics of ordered data mode etc...
  So something like the patch below?

                                    Honza

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