linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Add periodic superblock update check

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Message-Id: <169285281338.4146427.4994363470834118959.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:53:44 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Vitaliy Kuznetsov <vk.en.mail@...il.com>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, adilger@...ger.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Add periodic superblock update check


On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:38:52 +0400, Vitaliy Kuznetsov wrote:
> This patch introduces a mechanism to periodically check and update
> the superblock within the ext4 file system. The main purpose of this
> patch is to keep the disk superblock up to date. The update will be
> performed if more than one hour has passed since the last update, and
> if more than 16MB of data have been written to disk.
> 
> This check and update is performed within the ext4_journal_commit_callback
> function, ensuring that the superblock is written while the disk is
> active, rather than based on a timer that may trigger during disk idle
> periods.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: Add periodic superblock update check
      commit: 58d85f2e88c97c69c869cae6c6bdd1af32936146

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