From: Lin Feng <linf@chinanetcenter.com>
To: tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: mballoc.c: fix ac_g_ex and ac_f_ex misuse bug in EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL path
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:23:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5754DEAF.7010705@chinanetcenter.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1464868898-31336-1-git-send-email-linf@chinanetcenter.com>
Hi,
Am I missing something or it's not important at all?
Other things:
[linfeng@localhost ext4]$ grep EXT4_MB_HINT_MERGE ./* -rHn
./ext4.h:111:#define EXT4_MB_HINT_MERGE 0x0001
./mballoc.c:1871: } else if (max > 0 && (ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_HINT_MERGE)) {
EXT4_MB_HINT_MERGE is only tested once and nowhere teaches how to use it.
IIUC it also should be folded into EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL path or simply skip
EXT4_MB_HINT_MERGE test at -L1871.
thanks,
linfeng
On 06/02/2016 08:01 PM, Lin Feng wrote:
> Descriptions:
> ext4 block allocation core stack:
> ext4_mb_new_blocks
> ext4_mb_normalize_request
> ext4_mb_regular_allocator
> ext4_mb_find_by_goal
> mb_find_extent(e4b, ac->ac_g_ex.fe_start, ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len, &ex);
>
> The start block searching hint for merging(use EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL flag)
> set in ext4_mb_normalize_request is stored in ac_f_ex, while in
> EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL path which falls in ext4_mb_find_by_goal always use
> ac_g_ex as a hint and the hint set in ext4_mb_normalize_request is never
> use.
>
> We could hit this bug by writing a sparse file from backward mode and the
> file may get fragments even if the physical blocks in the hole is free,
> which is expected to be merged into a single extent.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lin Feng <linf@chinanetcenter.com>
> ---
> fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> index c1ab3ec..e31fc63 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> @@ -3198,15 +3198,15 @@ ext4_mb_normalize_request(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
> if (ar->pright && (ar->lright == (start + size))) {
> /* merge to the right */
> ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(ac->ac_sb, ar->pright - size,
> - &ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group,
> - &ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start);
> + &ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group,
> + &ac->ac_g_ex.fe_start);
> ac->ac_flags |= EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL;
> }
> if (ar->pleft && (ar->lleft + 1 == start)) {
> /* merge to the left */
> ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(ac->ac_sb, ar->pleft + 1,
> - &ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group,
> - &ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start);
> + &ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group,
> + &ac->ac_g_ex.fe_start);
> ac->ac_flags |= EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL;
> }
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-06 2:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-02 12:01 [PATCH] ext4: mballoc.c: fix ac_g_ex and ac_f_ex misuse bug in EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL path Lin Feng
2016-06-06 2:23 ` Lin Feng [this message]
2016-06-07 21:01 ` Andreas Dilger
2016-06-08 6:08 ` Lin Feng
2016-06-08 6:15 ` Darrick J. Wong
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