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    [GFS2] Allow bmap to allocate extents · 9b8c81d1
    Steven Whitehouse 提交于
    We've supported mapping of extents when no block allocation is required
    for some time. This patch extends that to mapping of extents when an
    allocation has been requested. In that case we try to allocate as many
    blocks as are requested, but we might return fewer in case there is
    something preventing us from returning the complete amount (e.g. an
    already allocated block is in the way).
    
    Currently the only code path which can actually request multiple data
    blocks in a single bmap call is the page_mkwrite path and even then it
    only happens if there are multiple blocks per page. What this patch does
    do however, is merge the allocation requests for metadata (growing the
    metadata tree in either height or depth) with the allocation of the data
    blocks in the case that both are needed. This results in lower overheads
    even in the single block allocation case.
    
    The one thing which we can't handle here at the moment is unstuffing. I
    would like to be able to do that, but the problem which arises is that
    in order to unstuff one has to get a locked page from the page cache
    which results in locking problems in the (usual) case that the caller is
    holding the page lock on the page it wishes to map. So that case will
    have to be addressed in future patches.
    Signed-off-by: NSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
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