linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: don't load the block bitmap for block groups which have no space

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:21:25 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: don't load the block bitmap for block groups which have no space

Add a short circuit check to ext4_mb_group_group() so that we don't
bother to load the block bitmap for a block group which does not have
any space available.  (Or which does not have enough space until we
are in desperation mode, i.e., when cr == 3.)

Resolves-bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45741
Reported-by: mirek@...com
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 8eae947..3a57975 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1862,6 +1862,12 @@ static int ext4_mb_good_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 
 	BUG_ON(cr < 0 || cr >= 4);
 
+	free = grp->bb_free;
+	if (free == 0)
+		return 0;
+	if (cr <= 2 && free < ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* We only do this if the grp has never been initialized */
 	if (unlikely(EXT4_MB_GRP_NEED_INIT(grp))) {
 		int ret = ext4_mb_init_group(ac->ac_sb, group);
@@ -1869,10 +1875,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_good_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	free = grp->bb_free;
 	fragments = grp->bb_fragments;
-	if (free == 0)
-		return 0;
 	if (fragments == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-- 
1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b

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