Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] ext4: refactor the block allocation process of ext4_page_mkwrite()

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On Tue 01-07-25 21:06:29, Zhang Yi wrote:
> From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The block allocation process and error handling in ext4_page_mkwrite()
> is complex now. Refactor it by introducing a new helper function,
> ext4_block_page_mkwrite(). It will call ext4_block_write_begin() to
> allocate blocks instead of directly calling block_page_mkwrite().
> Preparing to implement retry logic in a subsequent patch to address
> situations where the reserved journal credits are insufficient.
> Additionally, this modification will help prevent potential deadlocks
> that may occur when waiting for folio writeback while holding the
> transaction handle.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good! Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

One typo fix below:

> +	/* Start jorunal and allocate blocks */
		 ^^^ journal

> +	err = ext4_block_page_mkwrite(inode, folio, get_block);
>  	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
>  		goto retry_alloc;
>  out_ret:

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR




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