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Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 19:00:16 +0800 From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com> To: <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org> CC: <tytso@....edu>, <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <jack@...e.cz>, <ritesh.list@...il.com>, <lczerner@...hat.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <yi.zhang@...wei.com>, <yebin10@...wei.com>, <yukuai3@...wei.com>, <libaokun1@...wei.com> Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] ext4: correct the judgment of BUG in ext4_mb_normalize_request ext4_mb_normalize_request() can move logical start of allocated blocks to reduce fragmentation and better utilize preallocation. However logical block requested as a start of allocation (ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical) should always be covered by allocated blocks so we should check that by modifying and to or in the assertion. Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com> --- V1->V2: Change Fixes from dfe076c106f6 to c9de560ded61. V2->V3: Delete Fixes tag. Add more comments and commit logs to make the code easier to understand. fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index 4d3740fdff90..9e06334771a3 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -4185,7 +4185,22 @@ ext4_mb_normalize_request(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac, } rcu_read_unlock(); - if (start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical && + /* + * In this function "start" and "size" are normalized for better + * alignment and length such that we could preallocate more blocks. + * This normalization is done such that original request of + * ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical & fe_len should always lie within "start" and + * "size" boundaries. + * (Note fe_len can be relaxed since FS block allocation API does not + * provide gurantee on number of contiguous blocks allocation since that + * depends upon free space left, etc). + * In case of inode pa, later we use the allocated blocks + * [pa_start + fe_logical - pa_lstart, fe_len/size] from the preallocated + * range of goal/best blocks [start, size] to put it at the + * ac_o_ex.fe_logical extent of this inode. + * (See ext4_mb_use_inode_pa() for more details) + */ + if (start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical || start > ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical) { ext4_msg(ac->ac_sb, KERN_ERR, "start %lu, size %lu, fe_logical %lu", -- 2.31.1
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