linux-ext4 - [PATCH 09/12] ext4: fix the number of credits needed for ext4_ext

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Date:	Sat,  9 Feb 2013 16:53:49 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 09/12] ext4: fix the number of credits needed for ext4_ext_migrate()

The migration ioctl creates a temporary inode.  Since this inode is
never linked to a directory, we don't need to reserve journal credits
required for modifying the directory.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
---
 fs/ext4/migrate.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index 4e4fcfd..480acf4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -456,11 +456,14 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 		 */
 		return retval;
 
+	/*
+	 * Worst case we can touch the allocation bitmaps, a bgd
+	 * block, and a block to link in the orphan list.  We do need
+	 * need to worry about credits for modifying the quota inode.
+	 */
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MIGRATE,
-					EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb) +
-					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)
-					+ 1);
+		4 + EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		return retval;
-- 
1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b

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