Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix inconsistent between segment fstrim and full fstrim

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 09:09:19 +0800, Ye Bin wrote:
> Suppose we issue two FITRIM ioctls for ranges [0,15] and [16,31] with
> mininum length of trimmed range set to 8 blocks. If we have say a range of
> blocks 10-22 free, this range will not be trimmed because it straddles the
> boundary of the two FITRIM ranges and neither part is big enough. This is a
> bit surprising to some users that call FITRIM on smaller ranges of blocks
> to limit impact on the system. Also XFS trims all free space extents that
> overlap with the specified range so we are inconsistent among filesystems.
> Let's change ext4_try_to_trim_range() to consider for trimming the whole
> free space extent that straddles the end of specified range, not just the
> part of it within the range.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: fix inconsistent between segment fstrim and full fstrim
      commit: 3d1aa1169c45aba9d589be1eb4b131f26f0a663c

Best regards,
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Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>