From: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@samsung.com>
To: dh.sim@samsung.com, jaegeuk@kernel.org
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Subject: RE: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: remove redundant lines in
	allocate_data_block
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:59:36 +0800
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dongho Sim [mailto:dh.sim@samsung.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 2:53 PM
> To: jaegeuk@kernel.org
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: remove redundant lines in allocate_data_block
> 
> There are redundant lines in allocate_data_block.
> 
> In this function, we call refresh_sit_entry with old seg and old curseg.
> After that, we call locate_dirty_segment with old curseg.
> 
> But, the new address is always allocated from old curseg and
> we call locate_dirty_segment with old curseg in refresh_sit_entry.
> So, we do not need to call locate_dirty_segment with old curseg again.
> 
> We've discussed like below:
> 
> Jaegeuk said:
>  "When considering SSR, we need to take care of the following scenario.
>   - old segno : X
>   - new address : Z
>   - old curseg : Y
>   This means, a new block is supposed to be written to Z from X.
>   And Z is newly allocated in the same path from Y.
> 
>   In that case, we should trigger locate_dirty_segment for Y, since
>   it was a current_segment and can be dirty owing to SSR.
>   But that was not included in the dirty list."
> 
> Changman said:
>  "We already choosed old curseg(Y) and then we allocate new address(Z) from old
>   curseg(Y). After that we call refresh_sit_entry(old address, new address).
>   In the funcation, we call locate_dirty_segment with old seg and old curseg.
>   So calling locate_dirty_segment after refresh_sit_entry again is redundant."
> 
> Jaegeuk said:
>  "Right. The new address is always allocated from old_curseg."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dongho Sim <dh.sim@samsung.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@samsung.com>

> ---
>  fs/f2fs/segment.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> index 8a6e57d..7af4a8d 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> @@ -973,14 +973,12 @@ void allocate_data_block(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page,
>  {
>  	struct sit_info *sit_i = SIT_I(sbi);
>  	struct curseg_info *curseg;
> -	unsigned int old_cursegno;
> 
>  	curseg = CURSEG_I(sbi, type);
> 
>  	mutex_lock(&curseg->curseg_mutex);
> 
>  	*new_blkaddr = NEXT_FREE_BLKADDR(sbi, curseg);
> -	old_cursegno = curseg->segno;
> 
>  	/*
>  	 * __add_sum_entry should be resided under the curseg_mutex
> @@ -1001,7 +999,6 @@ void allocate_data_block(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page,
>  	 * since SSR needs latest valid block information.
>  	 */
>  	refresh_sit_entry(sbi, old_blkaddr, *new_blkaddr);
> -	locate_dirty_segment(sbi, old_cursegno);
> 
>  	mutex_unlock(&sit_i->sentry_lock);
> 
> --
> 1.9.1
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