This introduces the different functions in order to get the grades as
the extended attributes while pre-allocating a new file. The grades
are stored as extended attributes while the file gets created. The
grades can be used by different user space applications as necessary.
The functions introduced are read_grade_xattr(), is_file_graded(),
read_count_xattr() which aim to read the extended attribute for grade
array and also to know whether the file is graded. The detailed
descriptions of the functions are provided as comments in the patch.
The patch is on top of Linux Kernel 4.7.2.
Signed-off-by: Sayan Ghosh <sgdgp.2014@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/ext4.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
fs/ext4/extents.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index b84aa1c..b9ec0ca 100755
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ enum SHIFT_DIRECTION {
/* Use blocks from reserved pool */
#define EXT4_MB_USE_RESERVED 0x2000
+/* Structure of a grade - starting block number
+ * and length of contiguous blocks with same higher
+ * grade (inclusive of starting block)
+ * example : if blocks 2,3,4 are higher graded,
+ * then block_num = 2 and len = 3
+ * Only high grade information is stored by this struct.
+ */
+struct grade_struct {
+ ext4_lblk_t block_num;
+ unsigned long long len;
+};
+
struct ext4_allocation_request {
/* target inode for block we're allocating */
struct inode *inode;
@@ -3186,6 +3198,9 @@ extern int ext4_check_blockref(const char *, unsigned int,
/* extents.c */
struct ext4_ext_path;
struct ext4_extent;
+extern unsigned long long read_count_xattr(struct inode *inode);
+extern void read_grade_xattr(struct inode *inode,struct grade_struct
*grade_array);
+extern int is_file_graded(struct inode *inode);
/*
* Maximum number of logical blocks in a file; ext4_extent's ee_block is
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index d7ccb7f..de9194f 100755
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -57,6 +57,41 @@
#define EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1 0x8 /* first half contains valid data */
#define EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 0x10 /* second half contains valid data */
+/*
+ * read_grade_xattr() is used to read the grade array from the
extended attribute.
+ */
+void read_grade_xattr(struct inode *inode,struct grade_struct *grade_array)
+{
+ const char *xattr_name = "grade_array";
+ int xattr_size = ext4_xattr_get(inode,
EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_USER,xattr_name, NULL,0);
+ xattr_size = ext4_xattr_get(inode,
EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_USER,xattr_name, (void *)grade_array,xattr_size);
+ return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * is_file_graded() returns whether the file has a grade information or not.
+ * It takes the inode number as a parameter.
+ */
+int is_file_graded(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ const char *xattr_name = "is_graded";
+ int is_graded = 0;
+ int xattr_size = sizeof(int);
+ xattr_size = ext4_xattr_get(inode,
EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_USER,xattr_name, (void *)&is_graded,xattr_size);
+ return is_graded;
+}
+
+/*
+ * read_count_xattr() used to get the number of the elements in the
grade array.
+ */
+unsigned long long read_count_xattr(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ const char *xattr_name = "grade_array";
+ unsigned long long xattr_size = ext4_xattr_get(inode,
EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_USER,xattr_name, NULL,0);
+ unsigned long long total = xattr_size/sizeof(struct grade_struct);
+ return total;
+}
+
static __le32 ext4_extent_block_csum(struct inode *inode,
struct ext4_extent_header *eh)
{
