On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 06:29:02PM -0500, Brian Foster wrote: > On 02/18/2013 04:24 PM, Mark Tinguely wrote: > > On 02/18/13 15:08, Brian Foster wrote: > > ... the patched version increases in doubles > > > > + if (imap[0].br_startblock == HOLESTARTBLOCK) > > + return 0; > > > > vvvvvv > > + if (imap[0].br_blockcount <= (MAXEXTLEN >> 1)) > > + return imap[0].br_blockcount; > > ^^^^^^ > > > > + return XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, XFS_ISIZE(ip)); > > +} > > > > have you experimented without the middle if statement. > > If I remember correctly when I reviewed the code, that should be moving > > code closer to the original code; namely use the file size as the > > preallocation value. > > > > Just a quick update... > > I've tested the change above and a suggestion Dave made on IRC to return > (imap[0].br_blockcount << 1) and both resolve the immediate issue. I > need to verify the original test case still works and I'll post a patch. > Thanks... Though I think you'll find Mark's suggestion reverts preallocation on sparse files back to the old, undesirable behaviour as it will prealloc based on the file size on the second 4k of the write at EOF.... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
