linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: re-enable -o discard functionality in no-journal mode

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:28:56 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: re-enable -o discard functionality in no-journal mode

This is a revert of commit b56ff9d397ce, which removed the call to
ext4_issue_discard() to fix a BUG reported because
ext4_issue_discard() was being called from inside a block group
spinlock.  As it turns out this bug had already been fixed by Lukas
Czerner in commit 53fdcf992d61 by the simple expedient of moving when
we call ext4_issue_discard() outside the spinlock.

So it should be safe to re-enable this functionality, which I tested
by putting an BUG_ON(in_atomic) just after the restored callsite to
ext4_issue_discard.

Addresses-Google-Bug: #6750518

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@...il.com>
---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 2102c20..2c7c082 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4656,6 +4656,8 @@ do_more:
 		 * with group lock held. generate_buddy look at
 		 * them with group lock_held
 		 */
+		if (test_opt(sb, DISCARD))
+			ext4_issue_discard(sb, block_group, bit, count);
 		ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
 		mb_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, bit, count_clusters);
 		mb_free_blocks(inode, &e4b, bit, count_clusters);
-- 
1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b

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