linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v3 13/19] ext4: call ext4_mb_mark_group_bb in ext4_free_blocks

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Date:   Sun, 14 May 2023 19:41:04 +0800
From:   Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
To:     Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/19] ext4: call ext4_mb_mark_group_bb in
 ext4_free_blocks_simple



on 5/14/2023 5:32 PM, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 07:06:11PM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
>> call ext4_mb_mark_group_bb in ext4_free_blocks_simple to:
>> 1. remove repeat code
>> 2. pair update of free_clusters in ext4_mb_new_blocks_simple.
>> 3. add missing ext4_lock_group/ext4_unlock_group protection.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong but I think we will never try to clear bitmap
> bits for a BLOCK_UNINIT BG right. Maybe if that's the case we can add a
> WARN_ON as follows in ext4_mb_mark_group_bb():
> 
> 	if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
> 		(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))) {
> 
> 		WARN_ON(mc->state == 0);
> 		...
> 
> 	}

Yes, bitmap clear for BLOCK_UNINIT block group should not happen , I will
add this in next version. Thanks for the suggestion.

-- 
Best wishes
Kemeng Shi