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Fix an ext4 regression which landed during the 6.4 merge window. 

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Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

Pull ext4 fix from Ted Ts'o:
 "Fix an ext4 regression which landed during the 6.4 merge window"

* tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
  Revert "ext4: remove ac->ac_found > sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan dead check in ext4_mb_check_limits"
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Linus Torvalds 2023-06-02 17:25:22 -04:00
parent e0178b546d 3582e74599
commit 6d7d0603ca
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@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_check_limits(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
if (bex->fe_len < gex->fe_len)
return;
if (finish_group)
if (finish_group || ac->ac_found > sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan)
ext4_mb_use_best_found(ac, e4b);
}
@ -2074,6 +2074,20 @@ static void ext4_mb_check_limits(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
* in the context. Later, the best found extent will be used, if
* mballoc can't find good enough extent.
*
* The algorithm used is roughly as follows:
*
* * If free extent found is exactly as big as goal, then
* stop the scan and use it immediately
*
* * If free extent found is smaller than goal, then keep retrying
* upto a max of sbi->s_mb_max_to_scan times (default 200). After
* that stop scanning and use whatever we have.
*
* * If free extent found is bigger than goal, then keep retrying
* upto a max of sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan times (default 10) before
* stopping the scan and using the extent.
*
*
* FIXME: real allocation policy is to be designed yet!
*/
static void ext4_mb_measure_extent(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,