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    GFS2: move toward a generic multi-block allocator · 6e87ed0f
    Bob Peterson authored
    
    
    This patch is a revision of the one I previously posted.
    I tried to integrate all the suggestions Steve gave.
    The purpose of the patch is to change function gfs2_alloc_block
    (allocate either a dinode block or an extent of data blocks)
    to a more generic gfs2_alloc_blocks function that can
    allocate both a dinode _and_ an extent of data blocks in the
    same call. This will ultimately help us create a multi-block
    reservation scheme to reduce file fragmentation.
    
    This patch moves more toward a generic multi-block allocator that
    takes a pointer to the number of data blocks to allocate, plus whether
    or not to allocate a dinode. In theory, it could be called to allocate
    (1) a single dinode block, (2) a group of one or more data blocks, or
    (3) a dinode plus several data blocks.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
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