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Date:   Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:15:16 -0700
From:   Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
To:     Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: prevent meta updates while checkpoint
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Hi Sahitya,

Could you please test this patch fully? I didn't test at all.

Thanks,

On 04/17, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2020/4/17 5:40, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > On 04/14, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> >> On 04/13, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> >>> On 04/03, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> >>>> On 04/03, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> >>>>> On 04/01, Sahitya Tummala wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi Jaegeuk,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Got it.
> >>>>>> The diff below looks good to me.
> >>>>>> Would you like me to test it and put a patch for this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sahitya, Chao,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Could you please take a look at this patch and test intensively?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> > 
> > v5:
> >  - add signal handler
> > 
> > Sahitya raised an issue:
> > - prevent meta updates while checkpoint is in progress
> > 
> > allocate_segment_for_resize() can cause metapage updates if
> > it requires to change the current node/data segments for resizing.
> > Stop these meta updates when there is a checkpoint already
> > in progress to prevent inconsistent CP data.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>
> 
> Thanks,