[PATCH v3 03/17] ext4: remove unnecessary s_mb_last_start

Baokun Li posted 17 patches 2 months, 3 weeks ago
[PATCH v3 03/17] ext4: remove unnecessary s_mb_last_start
Posted by Baokun Li 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Since stream allocation does not use ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start, it is set to -1
by default, so the no longer needed sbi->s_mb_last_start is removed.

Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h    | 1 -
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 8750ace12935..b83095541c98 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1631,7 +1631,6 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 	unsigned int s_max_dir_size_kb;
 	/* where last allocation was done - for stream allocation */
 	unsigned long s_mb_last_group;
-	unsigned long s_mb_last_start;
 	unsigned int s_mb_prefetch;
 	unsigned int s_mb_prefetch_limit;
 	unsigned int s_mb_best_avail_max_trim_order;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index f56ac477c464..e3a5103e1620 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2171,7 +2171,6 @@ static void ext4_mb_use_best_found(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 	if (ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_STREAM_ALLOC) {
 		spin_lock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
 		sbi->s_mb_last_group = ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group;
-		sbi->s_mb_last_start = ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start;
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
 	}
 	/*
-- 
2.46.1
Re: [PATCH v3 03/17] ext4: remove unnecessary s_mb_last_start
Posted by Ojaswin Mujoo 2 months, 3 weeks ago
On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 09:03:13PM +0800, Baokun Li wrote:
> Since stream allocation does not use ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start, it is set to -1
> by default, so the no longer needed sbi->s_mb_last_start is removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h    | 1 -
>  fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 1 -
>  2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 8750ace12935..b83095541c98 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -1631,7 +1631,6 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
>  	unsigned int s_max_dir_size_kb;
>  	/* where last allocation was done - for stream allocation */
>  	unsigned long s_mb_last_group;
> -	unsigned long s_mb_last_start;
>  	unsigned int s_mb_prefetch;
>  	unsigned int s_mb_prefetch_limit;
>  	unsigned int s_mb_best_avail_max_trim_order;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> index f56ac477c464..e3a5103e1620 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> @@ -2171,7 +2171,6 @@ static void ext4_mb_use_best_found(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
>  	if (ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_STREAM_ALLOC) {
>  		spin_lock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
>  		sbi->s_mb_last_group = ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group;
> -		sbi->s_mb_last_start = ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start;

Looks good,

Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>

Regards,
ojaswin

>  		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
>  	}
>  	/*
> -- 
> 2.46.1
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