linux-ext4 - Re: After unlinking a large file on ext4, the process stalls for a long time

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2014 22:33:00 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:	Mason <mpeg.blue@...e.fr>,
	Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: After unlinking a large file on ext4, the process stalls for a
 long time

On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 12:55:14AM +0200, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> It would be possible to optimize mb_free_blocks() by having it
> clear a whole word at a time instead of a series if bits. 

It looks like we're doing this already in mb_test_and_clear_bits(),
aren't we?

> I thought that was done already, but it doesn't appear to be the case.
> Also, it isn't clear that the bit "normalization" is needed anymore.
> This was done back in the aniceint times when the buddy bitmaps were stored on disk instead of being regenerated only at mount time. 

I'm not sure what you mean by this; the only reference I can find
normalization is with normalizing requests?

						- Ted
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