From: Jing Zhang <zj.barak@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Mar 24 21:30:22 2010 There may exist fast path for merge if merge-able. Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jing Zhang <zj.barak@xxxxxxxxx> --- --- linux-2.6.32/fs/ext4/mballoc.c 2009-12-03 11:51:22.000000000 +0800 +++ ext4_mm_leak/mballoc7.c 2010-03-24 21:27:24.000000000 +0800 @@ -4385,6 +4385,24 @@ ext4_mb_free_metadata(handle_t *handle, } } + if (parent) { + /* let's try fast path */ + entry = rb_entry(parent, struct ext4_free_data, node); + if (n == &parent->rb_left) { + if (can_merge(new_entry, entry)) { + entry->start_blk = new_entry->start_blk; + entry->count += new_entry->count; + /* and info the caller that new_entry is + * not used yet. + */ + return 0; + } + } + else if (can_merge(entry, new_entry)) { + entry->count += new_entry->count; + return 0; + } + } rb_link_node(new_node, parent, n); rb_insert_color(new_node, &db->bb_free_root); -- 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