From: Mingming Cao Hugh Dickins wrote: > Not found anything relevant, but I keep noticing these lines > in ext2_try_to_allocate_with_rsv(), ext3 and ext4 similar: > > } else if (grp_goal > 0 && > (my_rsv->rsv_end - grp_goal + 1) < *count) > try_to_extend_reservation(my_rsv, sb, > *count-my_rsv->rsv_end + grp_goal - 1); > > They're wrong, a no-op in most groups, aren't they? rsv_end is an > absolute block number, whereas grp_goal is group-relative, so the > calculation ought to bring in group_first_block? Or I'm confused. > Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/ext2/balloc.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext2/balloc.c~ext2-fix-reservation-extension fs/ext2/balloc.c --- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c~ext2-fix-reservation-extension +++ a/fs/ext2/balloc.c @@ -1089,10 +1089,14 @@ ext2_try_to_allocate_with_rsv(struct sup if (!goal_in_my_reservation(&my_rsv->rsv_window, grp_goal, group, sb)) grp_goal = -1; - } else if (grp_goal > 0 && - (my_rsv->rsv_end-grp_goal+1) < *count) - try_to_extend_reservation(my_rsv, sb, - *count-my_rsv->rsv_end + grp_goal - 1); + } else if (grp_goal > 0) { + int curr = my_rsv->rsv_end - + (grp_goal + group_first_block) + 1; + + if (curr < *count) + try_to_extend_reservation(my_rsv, sb, + *count - curr); + } if ((my_rsv->rsv_start > group_last_block) || (my_rsv->rsv_end < group_first_block)) { _