linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Modify the comment about mb_optimize

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Message-ID: <174226639138.1025346.5200311084093814962.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:41:29 -0400
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.com, Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@...wei.com>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yangerkun@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Modify the comment about mb_optimize_scan


On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:20:05 +0800, Zizhi Wo wrote:
> Commit 196e402adf2e ("ext4: improve cr 0 / cr 1 group scanning") introduces
> the sysfs control interface "mb_max_linear_groups" to address the problem
> that rotational devices performance degrades when the "mb_optimize_scan"
> feature is enabled, which may result in distant block group allocation.
> 
> However, the name of the interface was incorrect in the comment to the
> ext4/mballoc.c file, and this patch fixes it, without further changes.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: Modify the comment about mb_optimize_scan
      commit: 447c11274113dd3543224816cca0d3027759c630

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