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authorBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>2018-09-26 16:54:31 +0300
committerBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>2018-09-26 16:54:31 +0300
commitaaccf3c97418f169afdbb5855e9cbcbda34e90fd (patch)
tree5d4207e67958bdbc23288cf30178692f5534e1a0 /fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
parentf39684524b391c5a7ed0ac44db4fec3357af1c5d (diff)
parent6bf4ca7fbc85d80446ac01c0d1d77db4d91a6d84 (diff)
downloadlinux-aaccf3c97418f169afdbb5855e9cbcbda34e90fd.tar.xz
Merge tag 'v4.19-rc5' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into fbdev-for-next
Sync with upstream (which now contains fbdev-v4.19 changes) to prepare a base for fbdev-v4.20 changes.
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diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
index 22089f1c880a..1c5debe748f0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ void xfs_log_get_max_trans_res(struct xfs_mount *mp,
#define XFS_TRANS_RESERVE 0x20 /* OK to use reserved data blocks */
#define XFS_TRANS_NO_WRITECOUNT 0x40 /* do not elevate SB writecount */
#define XFS_TRANS_NOFS 0x80 /* pass KM_NOFS to kmem_alloc */
+/*
+ * LOWMODE is used by the allocator to activate the lowspace algorithm - when
+ * free space is running low the extent allocator may choose to allocate an
+ * extent from an AG without leaving sufficient space for a btree split when
+ * inserting the new extent. In this case the allocator will enable the
+ * lowspace algorithm which is supposed to allow further allocations (such as
+ * btree splits and newroots) to allocate from sequential AGs. In order to
+ * avoid locking AGs out of order the lowspace algorithm will start searching
+ * for free space from AG 0. If the correct transaction reservations have been
+ * made then this algorithm will eventually find all the space it needs.
+ */
+#define XFS_TRANS_LOWMODE 0x100 /* allocate in low space mode */
/*
* Field values for xfs_trans_mod_sb.