Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: reduce computation of overhead during resize

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On Thu 14-07-22 19:53:38, Kiselev, Oleg wrote:
> > 
> >> +       sbi->s_overhead += overhead;
> >> +       es->s_overhead_clusters = cpu_to_le32((unsigned long) sbi->s_overhead);
> >                                                ^^^ the typecast looks
> > bogus here...
> 
> This cast is the reverse of le32_to_cpu() cast done in fs/ext4/super.c:__ext4_fill_super():
>         sbi->s_overhead = le32_to_cpu(es->s_overhead_clusters);
> And follows the logic of casting done in fs/ext4/ioctl.c:set_overhead() and fs/ext4/ioctl.c:ext4_update_overhead(). 

I didn't mean the cpu_to_le32() call but rather the (unsigned long) part.
That is pointless because sbi->s_overhead is already 'unsigned long' and
even if it was not, I have hard time seeing a reason why would casting to
unsigned long make any difference here.

									Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR



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