Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:57:19 +0200 | From | Jan Kara <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] ext4: reduce unnecessary memory allocation in alloc_flex_gd() |
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On Wed 18-10-23 19:42:21, Baokun Li wrote: > When a large flex_bg file system is resized, the number of groups to be > added may be small, and a large amount of memory that will not be used will > be allocated. Therefore, resize_bg can be set to the size after the number > of new_group_data to be used is aligned upwards to the power of 2. This > does not affect the disk layout after online resize and saves some memory. > > Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Looks good, just one small comment below. Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> @@ -248,6 +250,14 @@ static struct ext4_new_flex_group_data *alloc_flex_gd(unsigned int flexbg_size) > else > flex_gd->resize_bg = flexbg_size; > > + /* Avoid allocating new groups that will not be used. */
Perhaps make the comment more understandable like: /* Avoid allocating large 'groups' array if not needed */
Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@suse.com> SUSE Labs, CR
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