Re: [PATCH 1/4] e2fsck: Discard only unused parts of inode table

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On Sun, 11 Mar 2012, Ted Ts'o wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 08:49:33AM +0100, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> > @@ -435,6 +481,7 @@ static void check_inode_bitmaps(e2fsck_t ctx)
> >  	int		skip_group = 0;
> >  	int		redo_flag = 0;
> >  	io_manager	manager = ctx->fs->io->manager;
> > +	unsigned long long	first_free = fs->super->s_inodes_per_group + 1;
> 
> This doesn't need to be an unsigned long long; an "int" will do just
> as well.
> 
> > +			/*
> > +			 * If the last inode is free, we can discard it as well.
> > +			 */
> > +			if (inodes >= first_free)
> > +				e2fsck_discard_inodes(ctx, group, first_free,
> > +						      inodes - first_free + 1);
> 
> There's no guarantee the last inode is free here.  This needs to read:
> 
> 			if (!bitmap && inodes >= first_free)

Hi Ted,

if the last inode is not free then:

	first_free = fs->super->s_inodes_per_group + 1;

so the condition

	if (inodes >= first_free)

would be false. Otherwise it is guaranteed that the last inode is free. But
I agree that your change makes it more obvious.

Thanks!
-Lukas

> 
> I'll fix this up in my version of the patches.
> 
> 					- Ted
> 
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