Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] ext4: support flex_bg in ext4_mb_normalize_request

[Baokun Li]

在 2022/5/28 23:09, Ritesh Harjani 写道:
> On 22/05/28 07:00PM, Baokun Li wrote:
> > In ext4_mb_normalize_request, the size of the allocation request is
> > limited to no more than EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP. Ritesh mentions that this
> > does not take into account the case of flex_bg groups. So we should add
> > support for flex_bg to make the physical blocks of large files contiguous.
> My only concern here was that what if we are at the flex group end boundary and
> decide to take the size as of flex group size. How are we detecting that case.
>
> But, I haven't yet looked at this patch of yours (as I am on travel for next few days),
> but if this requires further discussion, we can work on this seperately and let
> the other two patches go in as those are part of the bug fixes which you
> identified (just my thoughts).
>
> -ritesh
> .

All right, work on this separately.

Have a nice trip!

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With Best Regards,
Baokun Li