A few comments on this new patch:
- I think the name will be confusing to users, especially non-native English
speakers. Is it "sparse_super" or "super_sparse" they want?
- I would suspect that group #1 is not the best place to put the backup.
For very large filesystems, there is a conflict with the backup group
descriptors in group #0 and #1. It would be better to out the one
backup in group #3 or something. I don't think this will be a problem
for SMR drives, since they will be so large that this will easily fit inside
(or close to) the flex_bg layout of the inode table.
- To simplify matters, it makes sense that super_sparse supersedes
the sparse_super and meta_bg features. It doesn't make sense
to have both. Should it also require flex_bg? Without it, it is mostly
useless.
Cheers, Andreas
> On Jan 13, 2014, at 22:54, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> And here's the version of this patch which adds a block group in the
> last block group. Note the huge complexity required to support
> shrinking such a file system. I still haven't tested that bit of code
> yet, since it's also painful to create all of the various file systems
> to test all of reserve_super_sparse_last_group().
>
> But I'll send it out so people have an idea of what's needed/involved.
>
> - Ted
>
> From af0f4ad05d1bbce4ae6b817e2638a3700e8a5a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 22:11:42 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] Add support for new compat feature "super_sparse"
>
> In practice, it is **extremely** rare for users to try to use more
> than the first backup superblock located at the beginning of block
> group #1. (i.e., at block number 32768 for file systems with a 4k
> block size). This new compat feature restricts the backup superblock
> to block group #1 and the last block group in the file system.
>
> Aside from reducing the overhead of the file system by a small number
> of blocks, by eliminating the rest of the backup superblocks, it
> allows us to have a much more flexible metadata layout. For example,
> we can force all of the allocation bitmaps and inode table blocks to
> the beginning of the disk, which allows most of the disk to be
> exclusively used for contiguous data blocks.
>
> This simplifies taking advantage of certain HDD specific features,
> such as Shingled Magnetic Recording (aka Shingled Drives), and the
> TCG's OPAL Storage Specification where having a simple mapping between
> LBA block ranges and the data blocks used by the file system can make
> life much simpler.
>
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/e2p/feature.c | 2 +
> lib/ext2fs/closefs.c | 10 +++-
> lib/ext2fs/ext2_fs.h | 1 +
> lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h | 3 +-
> lib/ext2fs/res_gdt.c | 14 +++++-
> misc/ext4.5.in | 7 +++
> misc/mke2fs.c | 3 +-
> resize/online.c | 8 ++++
> resize/resize2fs.c | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 9 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/e2p/feature.c b/lib/e2p/feature.c
> index 9691263..c06b833 100644
> --- a/lib/e2p/feature.c
> +++ b/lib/e2p/feature.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ static struct feature feature_list[] = {
> "lazy_bg" },
> { E2P_FEATURE_COMPAT, EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXCLUDE_BITMAP,
> "snapshot_bitmap" },
> + { E2P_FEATURE_COMPAT, EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE,
> + "super_sparse" },
>
> { E2P_FEATURE_RO_INCOMPAT, EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER,
> "sparse_super" },
> diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c b/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c
> index 3e4af7f..caf5b46 100644
> --- a/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c
> +++ b/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c
> @@ -35,9 +35,15 @@ static int test_root(unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
>
> int ext2fs_bg_has_super(ext2_filsys fs, dgrp_t group)
> {
> - if (!(fs->super->s_feature_ro_compat &
> - EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER) || group <= 1)
> + if ((group <= 1) || !(fs->super->s_feature_ro_compat &
> + EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER))
> return 1;
> + if (fs->super->s_feature_compat & EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE) {
> + /* Implied by the above test */
> + if (/* group == 1 || */ group == fs->group_desc_count - 1)
> + return 1;
> + return 0;
> + }
> if (!(group & 1))
> return 0;
> if (test_root(group, 3) || (test_root(group, 5)) ||
> diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/ext2_fs.h b/lib/ext2fs/ext2_fs.h
> index 930c2a3..eb040e5 100644
> --- a/lib/ext2fs/ext2_fs.h
> +++ b/lib/ext2fs/ext2_fs.h
> @@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ struct ext2_super_block {
> #define EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_LAZY_BG 0x0040
> /* #define EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXCLUDE_INODE 0x0080 not used, legacy */
> #define EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXCLUDE_BITMAP 0x0100
> +#define EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE 0x0200
>
>
> #define EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER 0x0001
> diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h b/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
> index 1e07f88..efec97f 100644
> --- a/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
> +++ b/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
> @@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ typedef struct ext2_icount *ext2_icount_t;
> EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_HAS_JOURNAL|\
> EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE|\
> EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX|\
> - EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR)
> + EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR|\
> + EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE)
>
> /* This #ifdef is temporary until compression is fully supported */
> #ifdef ENABLE_COMPRESSION
> diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/res_gdt.c b/lib/ext2fs/res_gdt.c
> index 6449228..1ce6f68 100644
> --- a/lib/ext2fs/res_gdt.c
> +++ b/lib/ext2fs/res_gdt.c
> @@ -31,13 +31,23 @@ static unsigned int list_backups(ext2_filsys fs, unsigned int *three,
> int mult = 3;
> unsigned int ret;
>
> + if (fs->super->s_feature_compat & EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE) {
> + if (*min == 1) {
> + *min = fs->group_desc_count - 1;
> + if (*min <= 1)
> + *min = 2;
> + return 1;
> + }
> + ret = *min;
> + *min += 1;
> + return ret;
> + }
> if (!(fs->super->s_feature_ro_compat &
> EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER)) {
> ret = *min;
> - *min += 1;
> + *min +=1 ;
> return ret;
> }
> -
> if (*five < *min) {
> min = five;
> mult = 5;
> diff --git a/misc/ext4.5.in b/misc/ext4.5.in
> index fab1139..d6f71e7 100644
> --- a/misc/ext4.5.in
> +++ b/misc/ext4.5.in
> @@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ kernels from mounting file systems that they could not understand.
> .\" .br
> .\" .B Future feature, available in e2fsprogs 1.43-WIP
> .TP
> +.B super_sparse
> +.br
> +This feature indicates that there will only be only two backup
> +superblock and block group descriptors; one located at the beginning of
> +block group #1, and one in the last block group in the file system.
> +This is an more extreme version of sparse_super.
> +.TP
> .B meta_bg
> .br
> This ext4 feature allows file systems to be resized on-line without explicitly
> diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
> index c45b42f..825165f 100644
> --- a/misc/mke2fs.c
> +++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
> @@ -924,7 +924,8 @@ static __u32 ok_features[3] = {
> EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_HAS_JOURNAL |
> EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE |
> EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX |
> - EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR,
> + EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR |
> + EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE,
> /* Incompat */
> EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE|
> EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS|
> diff --git a/resize/online.c b/resize/online.c
> index defcac1..af640c3 100644
> --- a/resize/online.c
> +++ b/resize/online.c
> @@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ errcode_t online_resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, const char *mtpt,
> no_resize_ioctl = 1;
> }
>
> + if (EXT2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super,
> + EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE) &&
> + (access("/sys/fs/ext4/features/super_sparse", R_OK) != 0)) {
> + com_err(program_name, 0, _("kernel does not support online "
> + "resize with super_sparse"));
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> printf(_("Filesystem at %s is mounted on %s; "
> "on-line resizing required\n"), fs->device_name, mtpt);
>
> diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.c b/resize/resize2fs.c
> index c4c2517..a6cbe57 100644
> --- a/resize/resize2fs.c
> +++ b/resize/resize2fs.c
> @@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ static errcode_t ext2fs_calculate_summary_stats(ext2_filsys fs);
> static errcode_t fix_sb_journal_backup(ext2_filsys fs);
> static errcode_t mark_table_blocks(ext2_filsys fs,
> ext2fs_block_bitmap bmap);
> +static errcode_t clear_super_sparse_last_group(ext2_resize_t rfs);
> +static errcode_t reserve_super_sparse_last_group(ext2_resize_t rfs,
> + ext2fs_block_bitmap meta_bmap);
>
> /*
> * Some helper CPP macros
> @@ -191,6 +194,10 @@ errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk64_t *new_size, int flags,
> goto errout;
> print_resource_track(rfs, &rtrack, fs->io);
>
> + retval = clear_super_sparse_last_group(rfs);
> + if (retval)
> + goto errout;
> +
> rfs->new_fs->super->s_state &= ~EXT2_ERROR_FS;
> rfs->new_fs->flags &= ~EXT2_FLAG_MASTER_SB_ONLY;
>
> @@ -952,6 +959,10 @@ static errcode_t blocks_to_move(ext2_resize_t rfs)
> new_blocks = fs->desc_blocks + fs->super->s_reserved_gdt_blocks;
> }
>
> + retval = reserve_super_sparse_last_group(rfs, meta_bmap);
> + if (retval)
> + goto errout;
> +
> if (old_blocks == new_blocks) {
> retval = 0;
> goto errout;
> @@ -1840,6 +1851,122 @@ errout:
> }
>
> /*
> + * This function is used when expanding a file system. It frees the
> + * superblock and block group descriptor blocks from the block group
> + * which is no longer the last block group.
> + */
> +static errcode_t clear_super_sparse_last_group(ext2_resize_t rfs)
> +{
> + ext2_filsys fs = rfs->new_fs;
> + errcode_t retval;
> + dgrp_t old_groups = rfs->old_fs->group_desc_count;
> + dgrp_t new_groups = fs->group_desc_count;
> + blk64_t sb, old_desc;
> + blk_t num;
> +
> + if (!(fs->super->s_feature_compat & EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE))
> + return 0;
> +
> + if (new_groups <= old_groups || old_groups <= 2)
> + return 0;
> +
> + retval = ext2fs_super_and_bgd_loc2(rfs->old_fs, old_groups - 1,
> + &sb, &old_desc, NULL, &num);
> + if (retval)
> + return retval;
> +
> + if (sb)
> + ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap2(fs->block_map, sb);
> + if (old_desc)
> + ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap_range2(fs->block_map, old_desc, num);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * This function is used when shrinking a file system. We need to
> + * utilize blocks from what will be the new last block group for the
> + * backup superblock and block group descriptor blocks.
> + * Unfortunately, those blocks may be used by other files or fs
> + * metadata blocks. We need to mark them as being in use.
> + */
> +static errcode_t reserve_super_sparse_last_group(ext2_resize_t rfs,
> + ext2fs_block_bitmap meta_bmap)
> +{
> + ext2_filsys fs = rfs->new_fs;
> + ext2_filsys old_fs = rfs->old_fs;
> + errcode_t retval;
> + dgrp_t old_groups = old_fs->group_desc_count;
> + dgrp_t new_groups = fs->group_desc_count;
> + dgrp_t g;
> + blk64_t blk, sb, old_desc;
> + blk_t i, num;
> + int realloc = 0;
> +
> + if (!(fs->super->s_feature_compat & EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPER_SPARSE))
> + return 0;
> +
> + if (new_groups >= old_groups || new_groups <= 2)
> + return 0;
> +
> + retval = ext2fs_super_and_bgd_loc2(rfs->new_fs, new_groups - 1,
> + &sb, &old_desc, NULL, &num);
> + if (retval)
> + return retval;
> +
> + if (!sb) {
> + fputs(_("Should never happen! No sb in last super_sparse bg?\n"),
> + stderr);
> + exit(1);
> + }
> + if (old_desc != sb+1) {
> + fputs(_("Should never happen! Unexpected old_desc in "
> + "super_sparse bg?\n"),
> + stderr);
> + exit(1);
> + }
> + num = (old_desc) ? num + 1 : 1;
> +
> + /* Reserve the backup blocks */
> + ext2fs_mark_block_bitmap_range2(fs->block_map, sb, num);
> +
> + for (g = 0; g < fs->group_desc_count; g++) {
> + blk64_t mb;
> +
> + mb = ext2fs_block_bitmap_loc(fs, g);
> + if ((mb >= sb) && (mb < sb + num)) {
> + ext2fs_block_bitmap_loc_set(fs, g, 0);
> + realloc = 1;
> + }
> + mb = ext2fs_inode_bitmap_loc(fs, g);
> + if ((mb >= sb) && (mb < sb + num)) {
> + ext2fs_inode_bitmap_loc_set(fs, g, 0);
> + realloc = 1;
> + }
> + mb = ext2fs_inode_table_loc(fs, g);
> + if ((mb < sb + num) &&
> + (sb < mb + fs->inode_blocks_per_group)) {
> + ext2fs_inode_table_loc_set(fs, g, 0);
> + realloc = 1;
> + }
> + if (realloc) {
> + retval = ext2fs_allocate_group_table(fs, g, 0);
> + if (retval)
> + return retval;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + for (blk = sb, i = 0; i < num; i++) {
> + if (ext2fs_test_block_bitmap2(old_fs->block_map, blk) &&
> + !ext2fs_test_block_bitmap2(meta_bmap, blk)) {
> + ext2fs_mark_block_bitmap2(rfs->move_blocks, blk);
> + rfs->needed_blocks++;
> + }
> + ext2fs_mark_block_bitmap2(rfs->reserve_blocks, blk);
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> * Fix the resize inode
> */
> static errcode_t fix_resize_inode(ext2_filsys fs)
> --
> 1.8.5.rc3.362.gdf10213
>
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