This patch enable extent format for normal symlink. Extent format enables
to refere file system blocks > 32 bits. Enabling extent format for symlink
enables to have symlink block beyond 2**32 blocks. We still don't enable
extent format for fast symlink.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 4 ++--
fs/ext4/namei.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 5027af5..1462189 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -842,8 +842,8 @@ got:
goto fail_free_drop;
}
if (test_opt(sb, EXTENTS)) {
- /* set extent flag only for directory and file */
- if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISREG(mode)) {
+ /* set extent flag only for diretory, file and normal symlink*/
+ if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags |= EXT4_EXTENTS_FL;
ext4_ext_tree_init(handle, inode);
err = ext4_update_incompat_feature(handle, sb,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index da942bc..63c33e0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2222,6 +2222,8 @@ retry:
goto out_stop;
}
} else {
+ /* clear the extent format for fast symlink */
+ EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT4_EXTENTS_FL;
inode->i_op = &ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
memcpy((char*)&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data,symname,l);
inode->i_size = l-1;
--
1.5.4.3.422.g34cd6.dirty
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