On 22/05/21 09:42PM, Baokun Li wrote: > When either of the "start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical" or > "start > ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical" conditions is met, it indicates > that the fe_logical is not in the allocated range. Sounds about right to me based on the logic in ext4_mb_use_inode_pa(). We try to allocate/preallocate such that ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical should fall within the preallocated range. So if our start or start + size doesn't include fe_logical then it is a bug in the ext4_mb_normalize_request() logic. But should we be so harsh to hit a bug_on() or make it warn_on()? Also did you run any fs tests with this change. Since it looks like this logic existed since mballoc was introduced. > In this case, it should be bug_ON. > > Fixes: dfe076c106f6 ("ext4: get rid of code duplication") No, there is no issue with this patch. It correctly just removes the duplicate logic. > Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c > index 32410b79b664..d0fb57970648 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c > @@ -4190,7 +4190,7 @@ ext4_mb_normalize_request(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac, > } > rcu_read_unlock(); > > - if (start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical && > + if (start + size <= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical || > start > ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical) { > ext4_msg(ac->ac_sb, KERN_ERR, > "start %lu, size %lu, fe_logical %lu", > -- > 2.31.1 >