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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2008-08-28 10:47:34 +1000
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2008-08-28 10:47:34 +1000
commit86d688984deefa3ae5a802880c11f2b408b5d6cf (patch)
tree7ea5e8189b0a774626d3ed7c3c87df2495a4c4a0 /fs/ubifs/find.c
parent93c06cbbf9fea5d5be1778febb7fa9ab1a74e5f5 (diff)
parent4c246edd2550304df5b766cc841584b2bb058843 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ubifs/find.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/find.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/find.c b/fs/ubifs/find.c
index 10394c54836..adee7b5ddea 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/find.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/find.c
@@ -290,9 +290,14 @@ int ubifs_find_dirty_leb(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_lprops *ret_lp,
idx_lp = idx_heap->arr[0];
sum = idx_lp->free + idx_lp->dirty;
/*
- * Since we reserve twice as more space for the index than it
+ * Since we reserve thrice as much space for the index than it
* actually takes, it does not make sense to pick indexing LEBs
- * with less than half LEB of dirty space.
+ * with less than, say, half LEB of dirty space. May be half is
+ * not the optimal boundary - this should be tested and
+ * checked. This boundary should determine how much we use
+ * in-the-gaps to consolidate the index comparing to how much
+ * we use garbage collector to consolidate it. The "half"
+ * criteria just feels to be fine.
*/
if (sum < min_space || sum < c->half_leb_size)
idx_lp = NULL;