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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-11-09 12:36:58 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-11-09 12:36:58 -0800
commit91808cd6c24359eee0c1eb7a06ea02dac358cbb5 (patch)
treed46af611d096ff505aebd72278077ba878bf0c40 /Documentation/filesystems
parentMerge tag 'erofs-for-5.10-rc4-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xiang/erofs (diff)
parentjbd2: fix up sparse warnings in checkpoint code (diff)
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Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_cleanups' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4
Pull ext4 fixes and cleanups from Ted Ts'o: "More fixes and cleanups for the new fast_commit features, but also a few other miscellaneous bug fixes and a cleanup for the MAINTAINERS file" * tag 'ext4_for_linus_cleanups' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (28 commits) jbd2: fix up sparse warnings in checkpoint code ext4: fix sparse warnings in fast_commit code ext4: cleanup fast commit mount options jbd2: don't start fast commit on aborted journal ext4: make s_mount_flags modifications atomic ext4: issue fsdev cache flush before starting fast commit ext4: disable fast commit with data journalling ext4: fix inode dirty check in case of fast commits ext4: remove unnecessary fast commit calls from ext4_file_mmap ext4: mark buf dirty before submitting fast commit buffer ext4: fix code documentatioon ext4: dedpulicate the code to wait on inode that's being committed jbd2: don't read journal->j_commit_sequence without taking a lock jbd2: don't touch buffer state until it is filled jbd2: add todo for a fast commit performance optimization jbd2: don't pass tid to jbd2_fc_end_commit_fallback() jbd2: don't use state lock during commit path jbd2: drop jbd2_fc_init documentation ext4: clean up the JBD2 API that initializes fast commits jbd2: rename j_maxlen to j_total_len and add jbd2_journal_max_txn_bufs ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst6
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst
index 805a1e9ea3a5..849d5b119eb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/journal.rst
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ which is 1024 bytes long:
- s\_padding2
-
* - 0x54
+ - \_\_be32
+ - s\_num\_fc\_blocks
+ - Number of fast commit blocks in the journal.
+ * - 0x58
- \_\_u32
- s\_padding[42]
-
@@ -310,6 +314,8 @@ The journal incompat features are any combination of the following:
- This journal uses v3 of the checksum on-disk format. This is the same as
v2, but the journal block tag size is fixed regardless of the size of
block numbers. (JBD2\_FEATURE\_INCOMPAT\_CSUM\_V3)
+ * - 0x20
+ - Journal has fast commit blocks. (JBD2\_FEATURE\_INCOMPAT\_FAST\_COMMIT)
.. _jbd2_checksum_type:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst
index 93e55d7c1d40..2eb1ab20498d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst
@@ -596,6 +596,13 @@ following:
- Sparse Super Block, v2. If this flag is set, the SB field s\_backup\_bgs
points to the two block groups that contain backup superblocks
(COMPAT\_SPARSE\_SUPER2).
+ * - 0x400
+ - Fast commits supported. Although fast commits blocks are
+ backward incompatible, fast commit blocks are not always
+ present in the journal. If fast commit blocks are present in
+ the journal, JBD2 incompat feature
+ (JBD2\_FEATURE\_INCOMPAT\_FAST\_COMMIT) gets
+ set (COMPAT\_FAST\_COMMIT).
.. _super_incompat:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst
index 5a5f70b4063e..e18f90ffc6fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/journalling.rst
@@ -136,10 +136,8 @@ Fast commits
~~~~~~~~~~~~
JBD2 to also allows you to perform file-system specific delta commits known as
-fast commits. In order to use fast commits, you first need to call
-:c:func:`jbd2_fc_init` and tell how many blocks at the end of journal
-area should be reserved for fast commits. Along with that, you will also need
-to set following callbacks that perform correspodning work:
+fast commits. In order to use fast commits, you will need to set following
+callbacks that perform correspodning work:
`journal->j_fc_cleanup_cb`: Cleanup function called after every full commit and
fast commit.