linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 43/74] libext2fs: don't update the summary counts when doing implied cluster allocation

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Message-ID: <20131216045311.GF28536@thunk.org>
Date:	Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:53:11 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 43/74] libext2fs: don't update the summary counts when
 doing implied cluster allocation

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 05:23:06PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> When we're appending a block to a directory file or the journal file,
> and the new block is part of a cluster that has already been allocated
> to the file (implied cluster allocation), don't update the bitmap or
> the summary counts because that was performed when the cluster was
> allocated.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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