If we run out of blocks for a given multi-block allocation, we obviously did not reserve enough. We should reserve more blocks for the next reservation to reduce fragmentation. This patch increases the size hint for reservations when they run out. --- fs/gfs2/rgrp.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c index 50cdba2..265fbab 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c @@ -2251,6 +2251,9 @@ static void gfs2_adjust_reservation(struct gfs2_inode *ip, trace_gfs2_rs(rs, TRACE_RS_CLAIM); if (rs->rs_free && !ret) goto out; + /* We used up our block reservation, so we should + reserve more blocks next time. */ + atomic_add(RGRP_RSRV_MINBLKS, &rs->rs_sizehint); } __rs_deltree(rs); } -- 1.9.3