This fixes a 2.6.27 regression which was introduced in commit a02908f1.
We weren't passing the chunk parameter down to the two subections,
ext4_indirect_trans_blocks() and ext4_ext_index_trans_blocks(), with
the result that massively overestimate the amount of credits needed by
ext4_da_writepages, especially in the non-extents case. This causes
failures especially on /boot partitions, which tend to be small and
non-extent using since GRUB doesn't handle extents.
Thanks to Joseph Fannin for reporting this bug.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 8dbf695..5a130b5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4580,9 +4580,10 @@ static int ext4_indirect_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks,
static int ext4_index_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks, int chunk)
{
if (!(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EXTENTS_FL))
- return ext4_indirect_trans_blocks(inode, nrblocks, 0);
- return ext4_ext_index_trans_blocks(inode, nrblocks, 0);
+ return ext4_indirect_trans_blocks(inode, nrblocks, chunk);
+ return ext4_ext_index_trans_blocks(inode, nrblocks, chunk);
}
+
/*
* Account for index blocks, block groups bitmaps and block group
* descriptor blocks if modify datablocks and index blocks
--
1.5.6.1.205.ge2c7.dirty
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