RE: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: keep scanning until enough free nids are acquired

[Fan Li]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 11:41 AM
> To: Fan Li
> Cc: 'Chao Yu'; 'Chao Yu'; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-f2fs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: keep scanning until enough free nids are acquired
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I merged this patch after fixing some broken format. Could you please check your email configuration?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Sorry to bother you with so trivial problem, mail configuration is fine, 
but I use a wrong way to copy the text this time, won't happen again.


> On 11/07, Fan Li wrote:
> > In current version, after scan_free_nid_bits, the scan is over if nid_cnt[FREE_NID] != 0.
> > In most cases, there are still free nids in the free list during the
> > scan, and scan_free_nid_bits usually can't increase nid_cnt[FREE_NID].
> > It causes that __build_free_nids is called many times without solving
> > the shortage of the free nids. This patch fixes that.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fan li <fanofcode.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/f2fs/node.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c index 3d0d1be..5cef118
> > 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
> > @@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ static void __build_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool sync, bool mount)
> >                 /* try to find free nids in free_nid_bitmap */
> >                 scan_free_nid_bits(sbi);
> >
> > -               if (nm_i->nid_cnt[FREE_NID])
> > +               if (nm_i->nid_cnt[FREE_NID] >= NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK)
> >                         return;
> >         }
> >
> > --
> > 2.7.4