linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: do not initialize block bitmaps of groups having super block

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Date:	Wed, 9 Nov 2011 09:23:46 -0700
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:	Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
Cc:	"tytso@....edu" <tytso@....edu>,
	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: do not initialize block bitmaps of groups having super block

On 2011-11-09, at 3:53 AM, Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com> wrote:

> Now mke2fs initializes block bitmaps of groups having super block, on
> the other hand ext4_init_block_bitmap in kernel can handle this case
> rightly.  So let mke2fs let block bitmaps of groups having super block
> be uninitialized.

Is that true of older kernels, or only newer ones?  What about filesystems with META_BG set?

Cheers, Andreas

> Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
> ---
> lib/ext2fs/alloc_sb.c |    2 --
> 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/alloc_sb.c b/lib/ext2fs/alloc_sb.c
> index 0d1c000..7517fbc 100644
> --- a/lib/ext2fs/alloc_sb.c
> +++ b/lib/ext2fs/alloc_sb.c
> @@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ int ext2fs_reserve_super_and_bgd(ext2_filsys fs,
>        ext2fs_mark_block_bitmap2(bmap, 0);
> 
>    if (old_desc_blk) {
> -        if (fs->super->s_reserved_gdt_blocks && fs->block_map == bmap)
> -            ext2fs_bg_flags_clear(fs, group, EXT2_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
>        for (j=0; j < old_desc_blocks; j++)
>            if (old_desc_blk + j < ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super))
>                ext2fs_mark_block_bitmap2(bmap,
> -- 
> 1.7.5.1
> 
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