linux-ext4 - [PATCH 0/9 v2 bigalloc] ext4: change unit of extent's ee_block and ee

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Date:	Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:42:55 +0800
From:	Robin Dong <hao.bigrat@...il.com>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Robin Dong <sanbai@...bao.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/9 v2 bigalloc] ext4: change unit of extent's ee_block and ee_len from block to cluster for bigalloc

From: Robin Dong <sanbai@...bao.com>

Hi,

This patch series change ee_block and ee_len (of extent) 's unit from "block" to "cluster",
since it could reduce the space occupied by meta data.

This patch series should be used after Ted's bigalloc-patchs and it now can't support:
1. delay allocation
2. 1k/2k blocksize

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