Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc6' into core/rcu

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/find.c b/fs/ubifs/find.c
index 10394c54836..e045c8b5542 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/find.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/find.c
@@ -211,14 +211,8 @@ static const struct ubifs_lprops *scan_for_dirty(struct ubifs_info *c,
  * dirty index heap, and it falls-back to LPT scanning if the heaps are empty
  * or do not have an LEB which satisfies the @min_space criteria.
  *
- * Note:
- *   o LEBs which have less than dead watermark of dirty space are never picked
- *   by this function;
- *
- * Returns zero and the LEB properties of
- * found dirty LEB in case of success, %-ENOSPC if no dirty LEB was found and a
- * negative error code in case of other failures. The returned LEB is marked as
- * "taken".
+ * Note, LEBs which have less than dead watermark of free + dirty space are
+ * never picked by this function.
  *
  * The additional @pick_free argument controls if this function has to return a
  * free or freeable LEB if one is present. For example, GC must to set it to %1,
@@ -231,6 +225,10 @@ static const struct ubifs_lprops *scan_for_dirty(struct ubifs_info *c,
  *
  * In addition @pick_free is set to %2 by the recovery process in order to
  * recover gc_lnum in which case an index LEB must not be returned.
+ *
+ * This function returns zero and the LEB properties of found dirty LEB in case
+ * of success, %-ENOSPC if no dirty LEB was found and a negative error code in
+ * case of other failures. The returned LEB is marked as "taken".
  */
 int ubifs_find_dirty_leb(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_lprops *ret_lp,
 			 int min_space, int pick_free)
@@ -245,7 +243,7 @@ int ubifs_find_dirty_leb(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_lprops *ret_lp,
 		int lebs, rsvd_idx_lebs = 0;
 
 		spin_lock(&c->space_lock);
-		lebs = c->lst.empty_lebs;
+		lebs = c->lst.empty_lebs + c->idx_gc_cnt;
 		lebs += c->freeable_cnt - c->lst.taken_empty_lebs;
 
 		/*
@@ -290,9 +288,14 @@ 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;
@@ -312,7 +315,7 @@ int ubifs_find_dirty_leb(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_lprops *ret_lp,
 		lp = idx_lp;
 
 	if (lp) {
-		ubifs_assert(lp->dirty >= c->dead_wm);
+		ubifs_assert(lp->free + lp->dirty >= c->dead_wm);
 		goto found;
 	}