This patch series cleans up and rewrites parts of the code used to free clusters or blocks when space is removed from a file. The intent is to improve the readability, clarity, and efficiency of that code. These changes do not fix any known bugs. Eric Whitney (6): ext4: consolidate code used to free clusters ext4: rework partial cluster definition and related tracepoints ext4: rework partial cluster handling to use lblk more consistently ext4: consolidate partial cluster initialization ext4: simplify and improve efficiency of cluster removal code ext4: remove mballoc's NOFREE flags fs/ext4/ext4.h | 4 +- fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h | 19 +- fs/ext4/extents.c | 371 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 25 +-- include/trace/events/ext4.h | 123 ++++++++---- 5 files changed, 287 insertions(+), 255 deletions(-) -- 2.30.2
