Re: [PATCH 4/4] ext4: Speed up FITRIM by recording flags in ext4_group_info.

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On 2011-02-09, at 06:01, Lukas Czerner wrote:
>> @@ -1200,6 +1200,9 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
>> 	struct ext4_li_request *s_li_request;
>> 	/* Wait multiplier for lazy initialization thread */
>> 	unsigned int s_li_wait_mult;
>> +
>> +	/* record the last minlen when FITRIM is called. */
>> +	u64 trim_minlen;
> 
> Maybe this is a bit nitpicking, but it is not very clear what is the
> "trim_minlen" for. I would rather use something like
> "last_trim_minblks", or similar.

And for good measure, this should use the "s_" prefix to indicate it is in the superblock.

>> +#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_NEED_INIT_BIT		0
>> +#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_HAS_BEEN_TRIMMED	1

It would also be good if the names of these fields were consistent, like

+#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_NEED_INIT_BIT		0
+#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT	1

>> @@ -1563,6 +1563,9 @@ static int mb_mark_used(struct ext4_buddy *e4b, struct ext4_free_extent *ex)
>> 	mb_set_bits(EXT4_MB_BITMAP(e4b), ex->fe_start, len0);
>> 	mb_check_buddy(e4b);
>> 
>> +	if (!ret)
>> +		EXT4_SB(sb)->trim_minlen = minlen;
>> +
> 
> Did you even tried to compile it ? "minlen" is not defined in
> mb_mark_used(), also it does make sense to set trim_minlen there. Did
> not you meant it to be in ext4_trim_fs ?

I was wondering exactly the same thing, but I haven't had time to look at the code.

Cheers, Andreas





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