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Message-ID: <20130327170159.GD1771@quack.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:01:59 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] ext4: fold ext4_alloc_blocks() in
 ext4_alloc_branch()

On Sun 24-03-13 20:06:50, Ted Tso wrote:
> The older code was far more complicated than it needed to be because
> of how we spliced in the ext4's new multiblock allocator into ext3's
> indirect block code.  By folding ext4_alloc_blocks() into
> ext4_alloc_branch(), we make the code far more understable, shave off
> over 130 lines of code and half a kilobyte of compiled object code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
  The patch looks good. You can add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/indirect.c | 227 +++++++++++------------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
> index b505a14..b780c4a 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
> @@ -292,131 +292,6 @@ static int ext4_blks_to_allocate(Indirect *branch, int k, unsigned int blks,
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - *	ext4_alloc_blocks: multiple allocate blocks needed for a branch
> - *	@handle: handle for this transaction
> - *	@inode: inode which needs allocated blocks
> - *	@iblock: the logical block to start allocated at
> - *	@goal: preferred physical block of allocation
> - *	@indirect_blks: the number of blocks need to allocate for indirect
> - *			blocks
> - *	@blks: number of desired blocks
> - *	@new_blocks: on return it will store the new block numbers for
> - *	the indirect blocks(if needed) and the first direct block,
> - *	@err: on return it will store the error code
> - *
> - *	This function will return the number of blocks allocated as
> - *	requested by the passed-in parameters.
> - */
> -static int ext4_alloc_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
> -			     ext4_lblk_t iblock, ext4_fsblk_t goal,
> -			     int indirect_blks, int blks,
> -			     ext4_fsblk_t new_blocks[4], int *err)
> -{
> -	struct ext4_allocation_request ar;
> -	int target, i;
> -	unsigned long count = 0, blk_allocated = 0;
> -	int index = 0;
> -	ext4_fsblk_t current_block = 0;
> -	int ret = 0;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * Here we try to allocate the requested multiple blocks at once,
> -	 * on a best-effort basis.
> -	 * To build a branch, we should allocate blocks for
> -	 * the indirect blocks(if not allocated yet), and at least
> -	 * the first direct block of this branch.  That's the
> -	 * minimum number of blocks need to allocate(required)
> -	 */
> -	/* first we try to allocate the indirect blocks */
> -	target = indirect_blks;
> -	while (target > 0) {
> -		count = target;
> -		/* allocating blocks for indirect blocks and direct blocks */
> -		current_block = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode, goal,
> -						     0, &count, err);
> -		if (*err)
> -			goto failed_out;
> -
> -		if (unlikely(current_block + count > EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS)) {
> -			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
> -					 "current_block %llu + count %lu > %d!",
> -					 current_block, count,
> -					 EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS);
> -			*err = -EIO;
> -			goto failed_out;
> -		}
> -
> -		target -= count;
> -		/* allocate blocks for indirect blocks */
> -		while (index < indirect_blks && count) {
> -			new_blocks[index++] = current_block++;
> -			count--;
> -		}
> -		if (count > 0) {
> -			/*
> -			 * save the new block number
> -			 * for the first direct block
> -			 */
> -			new_blocks[index] = current_block;
> -			WARN(1, KERN_INFO "%s returned more blocks than "
> -						"requested\n", __func__);
> -			break;
> -		}
> -	}
> -
> -	target = blks - count ;
> -	blk_allocated = count;
> -	if (!target)
> -		goto allocated;
> -	/* Now allocate data blocks */
> -	memset(&ar, 0, sizeof(ar));
> -	ar.inode = inode;
> -	ar.goal = goal;
> -	ar.len = target;
> -	ar.logical = iblock;
> -	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
> -		/* enable in-core preallocation only for regular files */
> -		ar.flags = EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA;
> -
> -	current_block = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle, &ar, err);
> -	if (unlikely(current_block + ar.len > EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS)) {
> -		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
> -				 "current_block %llu + ar.len %d > %d!",
> -				 current_block, ar.len,
> -				 EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS);
> -		*err = -EIO;
> -		goto failed_out;
> -	}
> -
> -	if (*err && (target == blks)) {
> -		/*
> -		 * if the allocation failed and we didn't allocate
> -		 * any blocks before
> -		 */
> -		goto failed_out;
> -	}
> -	if (!*err) {
> -		if (target == blks) {
> -			/*
> -			 * save the new block number
> -			 * for the first direct block
> -			 */
> -			new_blocks[index] = current_block;
> -		}
> -		blk_allocated += ar.len;
> -	}
> -allocated:
> -	/* total number of blocks allocated for direct blocks */
> -	ret = blk_allocated;
> -	*err = 0;
> -	return ret;
> -failed_out:
> -	for (i = 0; i < index; i++)
> -		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
> -	return ret;
> -}
> -
> -/**
>   *	ext4_alloc_branch - allocate and set up a chain of blocks.
>   *	@handle: handle for this transaction
>   *	@inode: owner
> @@ -448,60 +323,59 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  			     int *blks, ext4_fsblk_t goal,
>  			     ext4_lblk_t *offsets, Indirect *branch)
>  {
> -	int blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
> -	int i, n = 0;
> -	int err = 0;
> -	struct buffer_head *bh;
> -	int num;
> -	ext4_fsblk_t new_blocks[4];
> -	ext4_fsblk_t current_block;
> +	struct ext4_allocation_request	ar;
> +	struct buffer_head *		bh;
> +	ext4_fsblk_t			b, new_blocks[4];
> +	__le32				*p;
> +	int				i, j, err, len = 1;
>  
> -	num = ext4_alloc_blocks(handle, inode, iblock, goal, indirect_blks,
> -				*blks, new_blocks, &err);
> -	if (err)
> -		return err;
> -
> -	branch[0].key = cpu_to_le32(new_blocks[0]);
>  	/*
> -	 * metadata blocks and data blocks are allocated.
> +	 * Set up for the direct block allocation
>  	 */
> -	for (n = 1; n <= indirect_blks;  n++) {
> -		/*
> -		 * Get buffer_head for parent block, zero it out
> -		 * and set the pointer to new one, then send
> -		 * parent to disk.
> -		 */
> -		bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, new_blocks[n-1]);
> +	memset(&ar, 0, sizeof(ar));
> +	ar.inode = inode;
> +	ar.len = *blks;
> +	ar.logical = iblock;
> +	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
> +		ar.flags = EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i <= indirect_blks; i++) {
> +		if (i == indirect_blks) {
> +			ar.goal = goal;
> +			new_blocks[i] = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle, &ar, &err);
> +		} else
> +			goal = new_blocks[i] = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode,
> +							goal, 0, NULL, &err);
> +		if (err) {
> +			i--;
> +			goto failed;
> +		}
> +		branch[i].key = cpu_to_le32(new_blocks[i]);
> +		if (i == 0)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		bh = branch[i].bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, new_blocks[i-1]);
>  		if (unlikely(!bh)) {
>  			err = -ENOMEM;
>  			goto failed;
>  		}
> -
> -		branch[n].bh = bh;
>  		lock_buffer(bh);
>  		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call get_create_access");
>  		err = ext4_journal_get_create_access(handle, bh);
>  		if (err) {
> -			/* Don't brelse(bh) here; it's done in
> -			 * ext4_journal_forget() below */
>  			unlock_buffer(bh);
>  			goto failed;
>  		}
>  
> -		memset(bh->b_data, 0, blocksize);
> -		branch[n].p = (__le32 *) bh->b_data + offsets[n];
> -		branch[n].key = cpu_to_le32(new_blocks[n]);
> -		*branch[n].p = branch[n].key;
> -		if (n == indirect_blks) {
> -			current_block = new_blocks[n];
> -			/*
> -			 * End of chain, update the last new metablock of
> -			 * the chain to point to the new allocated
> -			 * data blocks numbers
> -			 */
> -			for (i = 1; i < num; i++)
> -				*(branch[n].p + i) = cpu_to_le32(++current_block);
> -		}
> +		memset(bh->b_data, 0, bh->b_size);
> +		p = branch[i].p = (__le32 *) bh->b_data + offsets[i];
> +		b = new_blocks[i];
> +
> +		if (i == indirect_blks)
> +			len = ar.len;
> +		for (j = 0; j < len; j++)
> +			*p++ = cpu_to_le32(b++);
> +
>  		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking uptodate");
>  		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
>  		unlock_buffer(bh);
> @@ -511,25 +385,16 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  		if (err)
>  			goto failed;
>  	}
> -	*blks = num;
> -	return err;
> +	*blks = ar.len;
> +	return 0;
>  failed:
> -	/* Allocation failed, free what we already allocated */
> -	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[0], 1, 0);
> -	for (i = 1; i <= n ; i++) {
> -		/*
> -		 * branch[i].bh is newly allocated, so there is no
> -		 * need to revoke the block, which is why we don't
> -		 * need to set EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA.
> -		 */
> -		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i], 1,
> -				 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
> +	for (; i >= 0; i--) {
> +		if (i != indirect_blks && branch[i].bh)
> +			ext4_forget(handle, 1, inode, branch[i].bh,
> +				    branch[i].bh->b_blocknr);
> +		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i],
> +				 (i == indirect_blks) ? ar.len : 1, 0);
>  	}
> -	for (i = n+1; i < indirect_blks; i++)
> -		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
> -
> -	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i], num, 0);
> -
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b
> 
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