From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>
Subject: Re: new block allocator for 2.4.18
Date: 11 Apr 2002 09:39:42 -0400
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To: Oleg Drokin <green@namesys.com>
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On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 09:31, Oleg Drokin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
>    Hans thinks it is about the time to release new bitmap allocator, I was
>    working with for some time (and which I originally inherited from zam).

I think Hans is right.  From the description, this code has what we need
to help reduce fragmentation over time and the skip_busy option should
cut down on CPU usage as the FS gets full.

It would be great if everyone with experimental machines could give this
a try and help find the best option for their workload. I know I will
(but I'll start by reading it ;-).

Jeff, do you still have those fragmentation measuring tools?

-chris