linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't use CR_BEST_AVAIL

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Message-Id: <169123801882.1434487.3791634089100240584.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date:   Sat,  5 Aug 2023 08:20:25 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@...il.com>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't use CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN for non-regular files


On Sun, 16 Jul 2023 19:33:34 +0530, Ritesh Harjani (IBM) wrote:
> Using CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN only make sense for regular files, as for
> non-regular files we never normalize the allocation request length i.e.
> goal len is same as original length (ac_g_ex.fe_len == ac_o_ex.fe_len).
> 
> Hence there is no scope of trimming the goal length to make it
> satisfy original request len. Thus this patch avoids using
> CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN criteria for non-regular files request.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: Don't use CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN for non-regular files
      commit: 772c9f691dcf3a487f29ddb90a5a15c78d7328e1

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>