On 11/21/19 3:55 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:44:44PM +0100, Pavel Reichl wrote:
concur w/ others that a reason for the change (and a reason for the
size selection) would be appropriate to have in the changelog.
>> Signed-off-by: Pavel Reichl <preichl@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
>> index 18338a61..a02d6f66 100644
>> --- a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
>> +++ b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
>> @@ -1242,15 +1242,33 @@ done:
>> static void
>> discard_blocks(dev_t dev, uint64_t nsectors)
>> {
>> - int fd;
>> + int fd;
>> + uint64_t offset = 0;
>> + /* Maximal chunk of bytes to discard is 2GB */
>> + const uint64_t step = (uint64_t)2<<30;
>
> You don't need the tabs after the variable name, e.g.
>
> /* Maximal chunk of bytes to discard is 2GB */
> const uint64_t step = 2ULL << 30;
>
>> + /* Sector size is 512 bytes */
>> + const uint64_t count = nsectors << 9;
>
> count = BBTOB(nsectors)?
FYI this is a macro that xfs developers have learned about. ;) It stands for
"Basic Block TO Byte" where "basic block" pretty much means "512-byte sector."
-Eric
