From a0375156ca1041574b5d47cc7e32f10b891151b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:14:04 -0400 Subject: ext4: Clean up s_dirt handling We don't need to set s_dirt in most of the ext4 code when journaling is enabled. In ext3/4 some of the summary statistics for # of free inodes, blocks, and directories are calculated from the per-block group statistics when the file system is mounted or unmounted. As a result the superblock doesn't have to be updated, either via the journal or by setting s_dirt. There are a few exceptions, most notably when resizing the file system, where the superblock needs to be modified --- and in that case it should be done as a journalled operation if possible, and s_dirt set only in no-journal mode. This patch will optimize out some unneeded disk writes when using ext4 with a journal. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/ext4/ialloc.c') diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c index 25c4b3173fd9..ac377505ed57 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ out: err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bitmap_bh); if (!fatal) fatal = err; - sb->s_dirt = 1; + ext4_mark_super_dirty(sb); } else ext4_error(sb, "bit already cleared for inode %lu", ino); @@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ got: percpu_counter_dec(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter); if (S_ISDIR(mode)) percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_dirs_counter); - sb->s_dirt = 1; + ext4_mark_super_dirty(sb); if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) { flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group); -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522