[PATCH] ext3: fix reservation extension
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 <cmm@us.ibm.com>
Cc: "linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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