In this case we already have selected an AG and know it has free space beause the buffer lock never got released. Jump directly into xfs_dialloc_ag and short cut the AG selection loop. Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) Index: xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c =================================================================== --- xfs.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c 2012-07-02 12:23:49.299108893 +0200 +++ xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c 2012-07-02 12:24:18.305775386 +0200 @@ -634,6 +634,10 @@ xfs_dialloc_ag( pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno); + ASSERT(pag->pagi_init); + ASSERT(pag->pagi_inodeok); + ASSERT(pag->pagi_freecount > 0); + restart_pagno: cur = xfs_inobt_init_cursor(mp, tp, agbp, agno); /* @@ -907,32 +911,32 @@ xfs_dialloc( xfs_agnumber_t tagno; struct xfs_perag *pag; - if (*IO_agbp == NULL) { - /* - * We do not have an agbp, so select an initial allocation - * group for inode allocation. - */ - agbp = xfs_ialloc_ag_select(tp, parent, mode, okalloc); - /* - * Couldn't find an allocation group satisfying the - * criteria, give up. - */ - if (!agbp) { - *inop = NULLFSINO; - return 0; - } - agi = XFS_BUF_TO_AGI(agbp); - ASSERT(agi->agi_magicnum == cpu_to_be32(XFS_AGI_MAGIC)); - } else { + if (*IO_agbp) { /* - * Continue where we left off before. In this case, we + * If the caller passes in a pointer to the AGI buffer, + * continue where we left off before. In this case, we * know that the allocation group has free inodes. */ agbp = *IO_agbp; - agi = XFS_BUF_TO_AGI(agbp); - ASSERT(agi->agi_magicnum == cpu_to_be32(XFS_AGI_MAGIC)); - ASSERT(be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_freecount) > 0); + goto out_alloc; } + + /* + * We do not have an agbp, so select an initial allocation + * group for inode allocation. + */ + agbp = xfs_ialloc_ag_select(tp, parent, mode, okalloc); + + /* + * Couldn't find an allocation group satisfying the + * criteria, give up. + */ + if (!agbp) { + *inop = NULLFSINO; + return 0; + } + agi = XFS_BUF_TO_AGI(agbp); + mp = tp->t_mountp; agno = be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_seqno); tagno = agno; @@ -1012,6 +1016,7 @@ nextag: ASSERT(agi->agi_magicnum == cpu_to_be32(XFS_AGI_MAGIC)); } +out_alloc: *IO_agbp = NULL; return xfs_dialloc_ag(tp, agbp, parent, inop); } _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs