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Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 20:33:44 +0800
From: Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: debugfs: dump a sparse file as a new sparse file
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 09:08:41PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 04:46:13AM -0000, Zheng Liu wrote:
> > --- a/debugfs/dump.c
> > +++ b/debugfs/dump.c
> > @@ -105,10 +105,11 @@ static void dump_file(const char *cmdname, ext2_ino_t ino, int fd,
> > {
> > errcode_t retval;
> > struct ext2_inode inode;
> > - char buf[8192];
> > + char buf[current_fs->blocksize];
>
> Note: this is a non-standard/non-portable GCC extension. The best way
> to fix this is to explicitly malloc the buffer and then free it before
> dump_file exits.
>
> Also, fixing the hard-coded maximum 8k block size, so these sorts of
> changes should be done in a separate commit.
>
> > extern errcode_t ext2fs_file_llseek(ext2_file_t file, __u64 offset,
> > diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/fileio.c b/lib/ext2fs/fileio.c
> > index 1f7002c..d25ebb4 100644
> > --- a/lib/ext2fs/fileio.c
> > +++ b/lib/ext2fs/fileio.c
> > @@ -176,23 +176,26 @@ static errcode_t sync_buffer_position(ext2_file_t file)
> > * This function loads the file's block buffer with valid data from
> > * the disk as necessary.
> > *
> > - * If dontfill is true, then skip initializing the buffer since we're
> > + * If flags is true, then skip initializing the buffer since we're
> > * going to be replacing its entire contents anyway. If set, then the
> > * function basically only sets file->physblock and EXT2_FILE_BUF_VALID
> > */
> > #define DONTFILL 1
>
> The comment "If flags is true..." should be changed to "if the
> DONTFILL flag is set..."
>
> @@ -202,7 +205,11 @@ static errcode_t load_buffer(ext2_file_t file, int dontfill)
> } else
> memset(file->buf, 0, fs->blocksize);
> }
> - file->flags |= EXT2_FILE_BUF_VALID;
> + if (flags == SEEK && ((ret_flags & BMAP_RET_UNINIT) ||
> + file->physblock == 0))
> + valid = 0;
> + if (valid)
> + file->flags |= EXT2_FILE_BUF_VALID;
>
>
> valid is initialized to 1, and then set to zero above. So I'm not
> sure what the point is having the valid variable. Why not do
> something like this:
>
> if (!(flags == SEEK && ((ret_flags & BMAP_RET_UNINIT) ||
> file->physblock == 0)))
> file->flags |= EXT2_FILE_BUF_VALID;
>
> or...
> if (((flags != SEEK) ||
> (!(ret_flags & BMAP_RET_UNINIT) && file->physblock)))
> file->flags |= EXT2_FILE_BUF_VALID;
>
>
> Also, can you add a definition of what SEEK actually means in the
> context of load_buffer()?
Hi Ted,
I have sent the latest patch series out. Could you please review it?
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
- Zheng
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