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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-11-09 12:36:58 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-11-09 12:36:58 -0800 |
commit | 91808cd6c24359eee0c1eb7a06ea02dac358cbb5 (patch) | |
tree | d46af611d096ff505aebd72278077ba878bf0c40 /Documentation | |
parent | df3319a548cdb3f3bcbaf03bbd02822e39a136c6 (diff) | |
parent | 05d5233df85e9621597c5838e95235107eb624a2 (diff) |
Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_cleanups' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4
Pull ext4 fixes and cleanups from Ted Ts'o:
"More fixes and cleanups for the new fast_commit features, but also a
few other miscellaneous bug fixes and a cleanup for the MAINTAINERS
file"
* tag 'ext4_for_linus_cleanups' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (28 commits)
jbd2: fix up sparse warnings in checkpoint code
ext4: fix sparse warnings in fast_commit code
ext4: cleanup fast commit mount options
jbd2: don't start fast commit on aborted journal
ext4: make s_mount_flags modifications atomic
ext4: issue fsdev cache flush before starting fast commit
ext4: disable fast commit with data journalling
ext4: fix inode dirty check in case of fast commits
ext4: remove unnecessary fast commit calls from ext4_file_mmap
ext4: mark buf dirty before submitting fast commit buffer
ext4: fix code documentatioon
ext4: dedpulicate the code to wait on inode that's being committed
jbd2: don't read journal->j_commit_sequence without taking a lock
jbd2: don't touch buffer state until it is filled
jbd2: add todo for a fast commit performance optimization
jbd2: don't pass tid to jbd2_fc_end_commit_fallback()
jbd2: don't use state lock during commit path
jbd2: drop jbd2_fc_init documentation
ext4: clean up the JBD2 API that initializes fast commits
jbd2: rename j_maxlen to j_total_len and add jbd2_journal_max_txn_bufs
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst | 6 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst index 805a1e9ea3a5..849d5b119eb8 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst @@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ which is 1024 bytes long: - s\_padding2 - * - 0x54 + - \_\_be32 + - s\_num\_fc\_blocks + - Number of fast commit blocks in the journal. + * - 0x58 - \_\_u32 - s\_padding[42] - @@ -310,6 +314,8 @@ The journal incompat features are any combination of the following: - This journal uses v3 of the checksum on-disk format. This is the same as v2, but the journal block tag size is fixed regardless of the size of block numbers. (JBD2\_FEATURE\_INCOMPAT\_CSUM\_V3) + * - 0x20 + - Journal has fast commit blocks. (JBD2\_FEATURE\_INCOMPAT\_FAST\_COMMIT) .. _jbd2_checksum_type: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst index 93e55d7c1d40..2eb1ab20498d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst @@ -596,6 +596,13 @@ following: - Sparse Super Block, v2. If this flag is set, the SB field s\_backup\_bgs points to the two block groups that contain backup superblocks (COMPAT\_SPARSE\_SUPER2). + * - 0x400 + - Fast commits supported. Although fast commits blocks are + backward incompatible, fast commit blocks are not always + present in the journal. If fast commit blocks are present in + the journal, JBD2 incompat feature + (JBD2\_FEATURE\_INCOMPAT\_FAST\_COMMIT) gets + set (COMPAT\_FAST\_COMMIT). .. _super_incompat: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst index 5a5f70b4063e..e18f90ffc6fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst @@ -136,10 +136,8 @@ Fast commits ~~~~~~~~~~~~ JBD2 to also allows you to perform file-system specific delta commits known as -fast commits. In order to use fast commits, you first need to call -:c:func:`jbd2_fc_init` and tell how many blocks at the end of journal -area should be reserved for fast commits. Along with that, you will also need -to set following callbacks that perform correspodning work: +fast commits. In order to use fast commits, you will need to set following +callbacks that perform correspodning work: `journal->j_fc_cleanup_cb`: Cleanup function called after every full commit and fast commit. |