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2008 Oct 10
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[PATCH] fix enospc when there is plenty of space
...'ll go to choose another block group. However because search_start matches
orig_search_start we go to see if we can allocate a chunk. If we are in the
situation that we cannot allocate a chunk, we fail and ENOSPC. This is kind of
a big flaw of the way find_free_extent works, as it along with find_free_space
loop through _all_ of the block groups, not just the ones that we want to
allocate out of. This patch completely kills find_free_space and rolls it into
find_free_extent. I''ve introduced a sort of state machine into this, which will
make it easier to get cache miss information out of the...