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Message-ID: <20240102131058.3ue6phafczjezlic@quack3> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 14:10:58 +0100 From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> To: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com> Cc: tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] ext4: remove unnecessary parameter "needed" in ext4_discard_preallocations On Sun 26-11-23 00:11:43, Kemeng Shi wrote: > The "needed" controls the number of ext4_prealloc_space to discard in > ext4_discard_preallocations. Function ext4_discard_preallocations is > supposed to discard all non-used preallocated blocks when "needed" > is 0 and now ext4_discard_preallocations is always called with "needed" > = 0. Remove unnecessary parameter "needed" and remove all non-used > preallocated spaces in ext4_discard_preallocations to simplify the > code. > > Note: If count of non-used preallocated spaces could be more than > UINT_MAX, there was a memory leak as some non-used preallocated > spaces are left unused and this commit will fix it. Otherwise, > there is no behavior change. > > Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com> Looks good, just one nit: > @@ -5491,15 +5491,12 @@ void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *inode, unsigned int needed) > mb_debug(sb, "discard preallocation for inode %lu\n", > inode->i_ino); > trace_ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, > - atomic_read(&ei->i_prealloc_active), needed); > - > - if (needed == 0) > - needed = UINT_MAX; > + atomic_read(&ei->i_prealloc_active), 0); There's no point in always returning 0 in the tracepoint so I'd just update it to not print the 'needed' value as well. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@...e.com> SUSE Labs, CR
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