Re: [PATCH] Revert "f2fs: stop allocating pinned sections if EAGAIN happens"

On 2024/2/5 11:54, Chao Yu wrote:

How about calling f2fs_balance_fs() to double check and make sure there is enough free space for following allocation.

if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0,             GET_SEC_FROM_SEG(sbi, overprovision_segments(sbi)))) {             f2fs_down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);             stat_inc_gc_call_count(sbi, FOREGROUND);             err = f2fs_gc(sbi, &gc_control);             if (err == -EAGAIN)                 f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, true);             if (err && err != -ENODATA)                 goto out_err;         }

Thanks,

f2fs_balance_fs() here will not change procedure branch and may just trigger another GC.

I'm afraid this is a bit redundant.