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    ext4: Update inode i_size after the preallocation · f282ac19
    Lukas Czerner authored
    Currently in ext4_fallocate we would update inode size, c_time and sync
    the file with every partial allocation which is entirely unnecessary. It
    is true that if the crash happens in the middle of truncate we might end
    up with unchanged i size, or c_time which I do not think is really a
    problem - it does not mean file system corruption in any way. Note that
    xfs is doing things the same way e.g. update all of the mentioned after
    the allocation is done.
    
    This commit moves all the updates after the allocation is done. In
    addition we also need to change m_time as not only inode has been change
    bot also data regions might have changed (unwritten extents). However
    m_time will be only updated when i_size changed.
    
    Also we do not need to be paranoid about changing the c_time only if the
    actual allocation have happened, we can change it even if we try to
    allocate only to find out that there are already block allocated. It's
    not really a big deal and it will save us some additional complexity.
    
    Also use ext4_debug, instead of ext4_warning in #ifdef EXT4FS_DEBUG
    section.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>-
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    v3: Do not remove the code to set EXT4_INODE_EOFBLOCKS flag
    
     fs/ext4/extents.c | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
     1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
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extents.c 142 KB