From 05bf9e839d9de4e8a094274a0a2fd07beb47eaf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:13:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: Add fallback for find_group_flex This is a workaround for find_group_flex() which badly needs to be replaced. One of its problems (besides ignoring the Orlov algorithm) is that it is a bit hyperactive about returning failure under suspicious circumstances. This can lead to spurious ENOSPC failures even when there are inodes still available. Work around this for now by retrying the search using find_group_other() if find_group_flex() returns -1. If find_group_other() succeeds when find_group_flex() has failed, log a warning message. A better block/inode allocator that will fix this problem for real has been queued up for the next merge window. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c index 4fb86a0061d0..f18a919be70b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c @@ -715,6 +715,13 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode) if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) { ret2 = find_group_flex(sb, dir, &group); + if (ret2 == -1) { + ret2 = find_group_other(sb, dir, &group); + if (ret2 == 0 && printk_ratelimit()) + printk(KERN_NOTICE "ext4: find_group_flex " + "failed, fallback succeeded dir %lu\n", + dir->i_ino); + } goto got_group; } -- 2.39.5