linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: restart ext4_ext_remove

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Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 18:28:29 +0400
From:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
To:	tytso@....edu
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz,
	aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, tytso@....ed
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: restart ext4_ext_remove_space() after transaction restart

tytso@....edu writes:

> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 08:31:11AM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
>> @@ -2480,6 +2480,11 @@ static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start)
>>  out:
>>  	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
>>  	kfree(path);
>> +	if (err == EAGAIN) {
>
> Surely this should be "err == -EAGAIN", no?  I'm curious how this
> patch worked for with this typo....
As usually it fix one thing, and broke another :(.
So in case of alloc/truncate restart truncate will be aborted,
so i_size != i_disk_size which must be caught by fsck (my test run
it every time) but this never happens which is very strange.
The only reason i can explain this that truncate was called second
time which is probable due to should_retry_alloc logic.
Even more than this, i've changed the mistypo and have got massive
complain from fsck
Block bitmap differences:  -7954 -(33836--33854)
Fix<y>? yes

Free blocks count wrong for group #0 (24170, counted=24171).
Fix<y>? yes
...
Currently i'm digging the issue.

>
>> +		err = 0;
>> +		goto again;
>> +	}
>> +	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_EXT_TRUNC);
>>  	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
>>  
>>  	return err;
>
> 					- Ted
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