linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] ext4: rework bigalloc reserved cluster accounting

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Date:   Tue, 2 Oct 2018 23:15:00 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] ext4: rework bigalloc reserved cluster accounting

On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 12:23:10PM -0400, Eric Whitney wrote:
> Ext4 can make gross overestimates of the number of reserved clusters
> required to handle bigalloc write requests under delayed allocation,
> resulting in premature ENOSPC and quota limit failures.
> 
> These patches fix the implementation of reserved cluster accounting for
> bigalloc file systems configured to use delayed allocation, and fix the
> specific bugs described in bugzilla #151491.

Thanks, I've applied this patch series to the ext4 git tree.

		     	   	     - Ted