Re: [PATCH 6/6] xfs: rename "alloc_set_aside" to be more descriptive

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On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 09:44:00AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> We've established in this patchset that the "alloc_set_aside" pool is
> actually used to ensure that a bmbt split always succeeds so that the

I don't think this is correct. See my previous comments about the
reason for set_aside existing and why I think the bmbt portion of it
isn't valid anymore.

> filesystem won't run out of space mid-transaction and crash.

That's exactly what transaction reservations and
args->minleft is for, yes?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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