On Sun, 16 Jul 2023 19:33:34 +0530, Ritesh Harjani (IBM) wrote:
> Using CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN only make sense for regular files, as for
> non-regular files we never normalize the allocation request length i.e.
> goal len is same as original length (ac_g_ex.fe_len == ac_o_ex.fe_len).
>
> Hence there is no scope of trimming the goal length to make it
> satisfy original request len. Thus this patch avoids using
> CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN criteria for non-regular files request.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] ext4: Don't use CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN for non-regular files
commit: 772c9f691dcf3a487f29ddb90a5a15c78d7328e1
Best regards,
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Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
