ah, you're right. thanks! thanks, Alex >>>>> Valerie Clement (VC) writes: VC> Hi Alex, VC> I tested your patch on my system with a 20TB device, but some tests VC> failed. Looking at the code, I saw that the support of 48-bit block VC> number in extents is lacking. VC> I made some changes in the code (see the patch in attachment) and now VC> all my tests are OK. VC> The patch is not complete, I didn't update calls to wb_debug() which VC> dump "ee_start". VC> Hope this helps. VC> Valérie VC> Index: linux-2.6.20-rc1/fs/ext4/writeback.c VC> =================================================================== VC> --- linux-2.6.20-rc1.orig/fs/ext4/writeback.c 2007-01-09 18:41:27.000000000 +0100 VC> +++ linux-2.6.20-rc1/fs/ext4/writeback.c 2007-01-11 13:25:38.000000000 +0100 VC> @@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ static int ext4_wb_submit_extent(struct VC> struct inode *inode = wc->mapping->host; VC> int blkbits = inode->i_blkbits; VC> struct page *page; VC> - unsigned long blk, off, len, remain; VC> + ext4_fsblk_t off; VC> + unsigned long blk, len, remain; VC> unsigned long pstart, plen, prev; VC> struct bio *bio = NULL; VC> int nr_pages; VC> @@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ alloc_new_bio: VC> nr_pages = (ex->ee_len - (blk - ex->ee_block)); VC> nr_pages = (nr_pages >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - blkbits)); VC> off = ex->ee_start + (blk - ex->ee_block); VC> + off |= (ext4_fsblk_t) ex->ee_start_hi << 32; VC> bio = ext4_wb_bio_alloc(inode, off, nr_pages + 2); VC> if (bio == NULL) VC> return -ENOMEM; VC> @@ -377,7 +379,9 @@ ext4_wb_find_goal(struct inode *inode, s VC> /* try to predict block placement */ VC> if ((ex = path[depth].p_ext)) VC> - return ex->ee_start + (block - ex->ee_block); VC> + return ((ex->ee_start VC> + | ((ext4_fsblk_t) ex->ee_start_hi << 32)) VC> + + (block - ex->ee_block); VC> /* it looks index is empty VC> * try to find starting from index itself */ VC> @@ -416,7 +420,8 @@ static int ext4_wb_handle_extent(struct VC> (unsigned) ec->ec_block, VC> (unsigned) ec->ec_len, VC> (unsigned) ec->ec_start); VC> - nex.ee_start = ec->ec_start; VC> + nex.ee_start = ec->ec_start & 0xffffffff; VC> + nex.ee_start_hi = (ec->ec_start >> 32) & 0xffff; VC> nex.ee_block = ec->ec_block; VC> nex.ee_len = ec->ec_len; VC> err = ext4_wb_submit_extent(wc, NULL, &nex, 0); VC> @@ -488,8 +493,8 @@ static int ext4_wb_handle_extent(struct VC> pblock, count, inode->i_ino, ec->ec_len); VC> /* insert new extent */ VC> - nex.ee_start = pblock; VC> - nex.ee_start_hi = 0; VC> + nex.ee_start = pblock & 0xffffffff; VC> + nex.ee_start_hi = (pblock >> 32) & 0xffff; VC> nex.ee_len = count; VC> nex.ee_block = ec->ec_block; VC> err = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, path, &nex); VC> @@ -520,7 +525,9 @@ static int ext4_wb_handle_extent(struct VC> /* block have been allocated for data, so time to drop dirty VC> * in correspondend buffer_heads to prevent corruptions */ VC> for (i = 0; i < nex.ee_len; i++) VC> - unmap_underlying_metadata(sb->s_bdev, nex.ee_start + i); VC> + unmap_underlying_metadata(sb->s_bdev, VC> + ((ext4_fsblk_t) nex.ee_start_hi << 32) VC> + + nex.ee_start + i); VC> /* correct on-disk inode size */ VC> if (nex.ee_len > 0) { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html