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ext4: modify block allocation algorithm for the last group
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When a directory inode is allocated in the last group and the last group
contains less than s_blocks_per_group blocks, the initial block allocated
for the directory is not always allocated in the same group as the
directory inode, but in one of the first groups of the filesystem (group 1
for example).
Depending on the current process's pid, ext4_find_near() and 
ext4_ext_find_goal() can return a block number greater than the maximum
blocks count in the filesystem and in that case the block will be not
allocated in the same group as the inode.

The following patch fixes the problem.

Should the modification also be done in ext2/3 code?

Signed-off-by: Valerie Clement <valerie.clement@bull.net>
Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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Valerie Clement authored and Theodore Ts'o committed Feb 15, 2008
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion fs/ext4/extents.c
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Expand Up @@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_ext_find_goal(struct inode *inode,
{
struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
ext4_fsblk_t bg_start;
ext4_fsblk_t last_block;
ext4_grpblk_t colour;
int depth;

Expand All @@ -169,8 +170,13 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_ext_find_goal(struct inode *inode,
/* OK. use inode's group */
bg_start = (ei->i_block_group * EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb)) +
le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block);
colour = (current->pid % 16) *
last_block = ext4_blocks_count(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es) - 1;

if (bg_start + EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb) <= last_block)
colour = (current->pid % 16) *
(EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb) / 16);
else
colour = (current->pid % 16) * ((last_block - bg_start) / 16);
return bg_start + colour + block;
}

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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion fs/ext4/inode.c
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Expand Up @@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_find_near(struct inode *inode, Indirect *ind)
__le32 *start = ind->bh ? (__le32*) ind->bh->b_data : ei->i_data;
__le32 *p;
ext4_fsblk_t bg_start;
ext4_fsblk_t last_block;
ext4_grpblk_t colour;

/* Try to find previous block */
Expand All @@ -420,8 +421,13 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_find_near(struct inode *inode, Indirect *ind)
* into the same cylinder group then.
*/
bg_start = ext4_group_first_block_no(inode->i_sb, ei->i_block_group);
colour = (current->pid % 16) *
last_block = ext4_blocks_count(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es) - 1;

if (bg_start + EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb) <= last_block)
colour = (current->pid % 16) *
(EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb) / 16);
else
colour = (current->pid % 16) * ((last_block - bg_start) / 16);
return bg_start + colour;
}

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