RE: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 4/4] f2fs: call f2fs_balance_fs only when node was changed

From: Chao Yu
Date: Wed Dec 23 2015 - 04:48:46 EST


Hi Jaegeuk,

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> From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx]
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> Cc: Jaegeuk Kim
> Subject: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 4/4] f2fs: call f2fs_balance_fs only when node was changed
>
> If user tries to update or read data, we don't need to call f2fs_balance_fs
> which triggers f2fs_gc, which increases unnecessary long latency.

One missing case is get_data_block_dio, how about also covering it based on
following patch?