2010/3/26, Aneesh Kumar K. V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:54:21 +0800, jing zhang <zj.barak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> From: Jing Zhang <zj.barak@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> Date: Wed Mar 25 22:55:04 2010 >> >> Checking bug seems not at right place, and the function itself should >> be inlined. >> >> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> >> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxx> >> Cc: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@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/mballoc-10.c 2010-03-25 22:44:00.000000000 +0800 >> @@ -2786,9 +2786,7 @@ out_err: >> static void ext4_mb_normalize_group_request(struct >> ext4_allocation_context *ac) >> { >> struct super_block *sb = ac->ac_sb; >> - struct ext4_locality_group *lg = ac->ac_lg; >> >> - BUG_ON(lg == NULL); >> if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_stripe) >> ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_stripe; >> else > > That BUG_ON is to ensure that the allocation context is actually having > a locality group which is needed for group allocation request. > > -aneesh > Please check 1, the 3 lines at the end of ext4_mb_group_or_file() 2, the function name of this patch - zj -- 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