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SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/16 v2] f2fs: add on-disk layout
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On Friday 26 October 2012, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:

> > > +
> > > +#define F2FS_ROOT_INO(sbi) (sbi->root_ino_num)
> > > +#define F2FS_NODE_INO(sbi) (sbi->node_ino_num)
> > > +#define F2FS_META_INO(sbi) (sbi->meta_ino_num)
> > > +
> > > +#define GFP_F2FS_MOVABLE (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO | __GFP_ZERO)
> > > +
> > > +#define MAX_ACTIVE_LOGS 16
> > > +#define MAX_ACTIVE_NODE_LOGS 8
> > > +#define MAX_ACTIVE_DATA_LOGS 8
> >
> > I think that it makes sense to comment the reasons of such limitations
> > in MAX_ACTIVE_LOGS, MAX_ACTIVE_NODE_LOGS, MAX_ACTIVE_DATA_LOGS.
>
> The maximum number of logs is suggested by arnd before.
> As I understood, why he suggested such a quite large number is for further
> optimization of multiple logs without any on-disk layout changes.
> And, I think it is quite enough.

I agree. I think Vyacheslav was just asking you to add a comment
explaining how we got to these numbers, like

/*
* The file format supports up to 16 active logs, which should be
* more than enough for future optimizations. The implementation
* currently uses no more than 6 logs.
* Half the logs are used for nodes, the other half are used for data.
*/


Arnd


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