[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Add inode stealing for ocfs2.V1

tao.ma tao.ma at oracle.com
Fri Feb 22 01:25:43 PST 2008



wengang wang wrote:
> tao.ma wrote:
>>
>>
>> wengang wang wrote:
>>> not know it clearly, but I remember when extending a file, meta is 
>>> allocated in extent_alloc instead of inode_alloc if necessary(correct 
>>> me if i am wrong).
>> yes, extending a file using extent_alloc. But I'm stealing inode not 
>> extent block. So don't need to touch extent_alloc.
>>
> extent block needs not being stolen? ;)
This patch series is only for inode stealing(See the patch title), so no 
extent block or extent alloc is touched.
>>> if so, do we need to take extent_alloc into consideration as well?
>> This solution is just for inodes, not extents.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> wengang.
>>>
> 



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