Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/4] BIG_BG: block group descriptor modifications

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Andreas Dilger wrote:
On Nov 24, 2006  17:48 +0100, Valerie Clement wrote:
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ struct ext4_group_desc
 	__le32	bg_block_bitmap_hi;	/* Blocks bitmap block MSB */
 	__le32	bg_inode_bitmap_hi;	/* Inodes bitmap block MSB */
 	__le32	bg_inode_table_hi;	/* Inodes table block MSB */
+	__le16	bg_free_blocks_count_hi;	/* Free blocks count MSB */
+	__le16	bg_free_inodes_count_hi;	/* Free inodes count MSB */
+	__le16	bg_used_dirs_count_hi;	/* Directories count MSB */
 };

Does the ext4 code already avoid using "sizeof(struct ext4_group_desc)"
or "sizeof(*gdp)" everywhere?  Otherwise this is very dangerous.
Currently, the code doesn't use sizeof of the structure or of a group descriptor, but do you mean that adding padding to the structure is better?


Also note that the on-disk layout of this struct in e2fsprogs is a bit
incorrect - it has the above 3 __u16, but then immediately __u32 bg_reserved
so those fields are padded incorrectly.  I think it isn't a fatal problem,
just something to be aware of and fix.
OK.


+#define EXT4_READ_SPLIT_LE32(__sb, __field)	\
+	((__u32)le16_to_cpu(__field) +		\
+	 (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE((__sb), EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT) ? \
+	 (__u32)le16_to_cpu(__field##_hi) << 16 : 0))

Is it better to make this INCOMPAT_64BIT or s_desc_size? Does INCOMPAT_64BIT
always imply s_desc_size > 32?  Hmm, I guess it does, or we have no place to
store the _hi part of the block addresses for a group.
I prefer using INCOMPAT_64BIT rather than s_desc_size.
Thank you Andreas to point that out, I missed to update my e2fsprogs version to initialize s_desc_size with the right value in some cases.

  Valérie


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