linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/8] ext4: remove redundant mb_regenerate

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Message-ID: <20201203144258.GK441757@mit.edu>
Date:   Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:42:58 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Chunguang Xu <brookxu.cn@...il.com>
Cc:     adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/8] ext4: remove redundant mb_regenerate_buddy()

On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 11:58:12PM +0800, Chunguang Xu wrote:
> From: Chunguang Xu <brookxu@...cent.com>
> 
> After this patch (163a203), if an abnormal bitmap is detected, we
> will mark the group as corrupt, and we will not use this group in
> the future. Therefore, it should be meaningless to regenerate the
> buddy bitmap of this group, It might be better to delete it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chunguang Xu <brookxu@...cent.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted