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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ubifs/ubifs.h')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/ubifs/ubifs.h | 34 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h index e61c08106b4..f8ef7c1def1 100644 --- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h +++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h @@ -482,24 +482,26 @@ struct ubifs_lpt_lprops { * @empty_lebs: number of empty LEBs * @taken_empty_lebs: number of taken LEBs * @idx_lebs: number of indexing LEBs - * @total_free: total free space in bytes - * @total_dirty: total dirty space in bytes - * @total_used: total used space in bytes (includes only data LEBs) - * @total_dead: total dead space in bytes (includes only data LEBs) - * @total_dark: total dark space in bytes (includes only data LEBs) + * @total_free: total free space in bytes (includes all LEBs) + * @total_dirty: total dirty space in bytes (includes all LEBs) + * @total_used: total used space in bytes (does not include index LEBs) + * @total_dead: total dead space in bytes (does not include index LEBs) + * @total_dark: total dark space in bytes (does not include index LEBs) * - * N.B. total_dirty and total_used are different to other total_* fields, - * because they account _all_ LEBs, not just data LEBs. + * The @taken_empty_lebs field counts the LEBs that are in the transient state + * of having been "taken" for use but not yet written to. @taken_empty_lebs is + * needed to account correctly for @gc_lnum, otherwise @empty_lebs could be + * used by itself (in which case 'unused_lebs' would be a better name). In the + * case of @gc_lnum, it is "taken" at mount time or whenever a LEB is retained + * by GC, but unlike other empty LEBs that are "taken", it may not be written + * straight away (i.e. before the next commit start or unmount), so either + * @gc_lnum must be specially accounted for, or the current approach followed + * i.e. count it under @taken_empty_lebs. * - * 'taken_empty_lebs' counts the LEBs that are in the transient state of having - * been 'taken' for use but not yet written to. 'taken_empty_lebs' is needed - * to account correctly for gc_lnum, otherwise 'empty_lebs' could be used - * by itself (in which case 'unused_lebs' would be a better name). In the case - * of gc_lnum, it is 'taken' at mount time or whenever a LEB is retained by GC, - * but unlike other empty LEBs that are 'taken', it may not be written straight - * away (i.e. before the next commit start or unmount), so either gc_lnum must - * be specially accounted for, or the current approach followed i.e. count it - * under 'taken_empty_lebs'. + * @empty_lebs includes @taken_empty_lebs. + * + * @total_used, @total_dead and @total_dark fields do not account indexing + * LEBs. */ struct ubifs_lp_stats { int empty_lebs; |