[PATCH] ext4: Modify the comment about mb_optimize_scan
From: Zizhi Wo
Date: Sun Feb 23 2025 - 20:24:24 EST
Commit 196e402adf2e ("ext4: improve cr 0 / cr 1 group scanning") introduces
the sysfs control interface "mb_max_linear_groups" to address the problem
that rotational devices performance degrades when the "mb_optimize_scan"
feature is enabled, which may result in distant block group allocation.
However, the name of the interface was incorrect in the comment to the
ext4/mballoc.c file, and this patch fixes it, without further changes.
Signed-off-by: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index b25a27c86696..68b54afc78c7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
* /sys/fs/ext4/<partition>/mb_min_to_scan
* /sys/fs/ext4/<partition>/mb_max_to_scan
* /sys/fs/ext4/<partition>/mb_order2_req
- * /sys/fs/ext4/<partition>/mb_linear_limit
+ * /sys/fs/ext4/<partition>/mb_max_linear_groups
*
* The regular allocator uses buddy scan only if the request len is power of
* 2 blocks and the order of allocation is >= sbi->s_mb_order2_reqs. The
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
* get traversed linearly. That may result in subsequent allocations being not
* close to each other. And so, the underlying device may get filled up in a
* non-linear fashion. While that may not matter on non-rotational devices, for
- * rotational devices that may result in higher seek times. "mb_linear_limit"
+ * rotational devices that may result in higher seek times. "mb_max_linear_groups"
* tells mballoc how many groups mballoc should search linearly before
* performing consulting above data structures for more efficient lookups. For
* non rotational devices, this value defaults to 0 and for rotational devices
--
2.39.2