[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] ocfs2: Local alloc window size changeable via mount option

[Mark Fasheh]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 02:58:11PM -0800, Sunil Mushran wrote:
> Local alloc is a performance optimiztion in ocfs2 in which a node
> takes a window of bits from the global bitmap and then uses that for
> all small local allocations. This window size is fixed to 8MB currently.
> This patch allows users to specify the window size in MB including
> disabling it by passing in 0. If the number specified is too large,
> the fs will use the default value of 8MB.

Ok, committed and merged. I also added a comment to
ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits().
	--Mark

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Mark Fasheh
Principal Software Developer, Oracle
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