Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] f2fs: fix wrong calculation of block age

From: qixiaoyu
Date: Wed Feb 01 2023 - 09:05:10 EST


On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 08:57:33PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2023/2/1 20:23, qixiaoyu wrote:
> > > >
> > > > How about updating as below to avoid lossing accuracy if new is less than 100?
> > > >
> > > > return div_u64(new * (100 - LAST_AGE_WEIGHT), 100) +
> > > > div_u64(old * LAST_AGE_WEIGHT, 100);
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > >
> > > We want to avoid overflow by doing the division first. To keep the accuracy, how
>
> Alright,
>
> > > about updating as below:
> > >
> > > res = div_u64_rem(new, 100, &rem_new) * (100 - LAST_AGE_WEIGHT)
> > > + div_u64_rem(old, 100, &rem_old) * LAST_AGE_WEIGHT;
> > > res += rem_new * (100 - LAST_AGE_WEIGHT) / 100 + rem_old * LAST_AGE_WEIGHT / 100;
> > > return res;
>
> if (rem_new)
> res += rem_new * (100 - LAST_AGE_WEIGHT) / 100;
> if (rem_old)
> res += rem_old * LAST_AGE_WEIGHT / 100;
>
> Otherwise, it looks fine to me. :)
>
> Thanks,
>

Thank you! I will update v3 soon :)

> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> >
> > Friendly ping
> >
> > > > > }
> > > > > /* This returns a new age and allocated blocks in ei */