On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 02:06 +0800, coly wrote: > The patch is generated based on 2.6.20-ext4-2 branch. you can find the > benchmark from other email. > > DO NOT waste time on reading the patch :-) I post this patch here is to > show that I really spent time on it and the patch can work (even not > well). I won't waste my time then. I'm discouraged from trying by the lack of indentation. It looks like the tabs got converted to a single space somehow. > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 7e2750f..21d21e4 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ > VERSION = 2 > PATCHLEVEL = 6 > SUBLEVEL = 20 > -EXTRAVERSION = > -NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster > +EXTRAVERSION = inores > > # *DOCUMENTATION* > # To see a list of typical targets execute "make help" > diff --git a/fs/ext4/bitmap.c b/fs/ext4/bitmap.c > index 11e93c1..daf88b4 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/bitmap.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/bitmap.c > @@ -30,3 +30,29 @@ unsigned long ext4_count_free (struct buffer_head * > map, unsigned int numchars) > > #endif /* EXT4FS_DEBUG */ > > +/* > + * Read the inode allocation bitmap for a given block_group, reading > + * into the specified slot in the superblock's bitmap cache. > + * > + * Return buffer_head of bitmap on success or NULL. > + */ > +struct buffer_head * > +read_inode_bitmap(struct super_block * sb, unsigned long block_group) > +{ > + struct ext4_group_desc *desc; > + struct buffer_head *bh = NULL; > + > + desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, NULL); > + if (!desc) > + goto error_out; > + > + bh = sb_bread(sb, ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, desc)); > + if (!bh) > + ext4_error(sb, "read_inode_bitmap", > + "Cannot read inode bitmap - " > + "block_group = %lu, inode_bitmap = %llu", > + block_group, ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, desc)); > +error_out: > + return bh; > +} > + Shaggy -- David Kleikamp IBM Linux Technology Center - 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