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  1. Feb 22, 2009
    • Theodore Ts'o's avatar
      ext4: Add fallback for find_group_flex · 05bf9e83
      Theodore Ts'o authored
      
      
      This is a workaround for find_group_flex() which badly needs to be
      replaced.  One of its problems (besides ignoring the Orlov algorithm)
      is that it is a bit hyperactive about returning failure under
      suspicious circumstances.  This can lead to spurious ENOSPC failures
      even when there are inodes still available.
      
      Work around this for now by retrying the search using
      find_group_other() if find_group_flex() returns -1.  If
      find_group_other() succeeds when find_group_flex() has failed, log a
      warning message.
      
      A better block/inode allocator that will fix this problem for real has
      been queued up for the next merge window.
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      05bf9e83
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