Re: [PATCH 08/13] ext4: calculate free_clusters_count in cluster unit in verify_group_input

From: Kemeng Shi
Date: Wed Aug 16 2023 - 22:58:13 EST




on 8/16/2023 11:22 AM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 08:00:39PM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
>> We treat free_clusters_count in cluster unit while free_blocks_count is
>> in block unit. Convert free_blocks_count to cluster unit to match the
>> unit.
>> Currently, verify_group_input is only called from ext4_ioctl_group_add
>> which does not support bigalloc yet. The dismatch is easily ingored
>> when we try to support bigalloc in ext4_ioctl_group_add (ext4_resize_fs
>> already supports resize with bigalloc enabled). Just fix this in
>> advance.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'd rewrite the commit description a bit:
>
> The field free_cluster_count in struct ext4_new_group_data should be
> in units of clusters. In verify_group_input() this field is being
> filled in units of blocks. Fortunately, we don't support online
> resizing of bigalloc file systems, and for non-bigalloc file systems,
> the cluster size == block size. But fix this in case we do support
> online resizing of bigalloc file systems in the future.
>
Sorry for my poor language and thanks a lot for the rewrite. I will
fill rewriten description in next version!
> Other than that:
>
> Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
>
> - Ted
>