From: dexen deVries <dexen.devries-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-nilfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: One checkpoint doesn't get GC'd
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:05:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201111171305.49635.dexen.devries@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111116.011102.126207784.ryusuke-sG5X7nlA6pw@public.gmane.org>
Hi Ryusuke,
On Tuesday 15 of November 2011 17:11:02 you wrote:
> This may happen since garbage collection of nilfs is done for each
> disk segment instead of checkpoint.
>
> If GC did not reclaim any blocks for a checkpoint, the checkpoint will
> survive transiently.
Thanks for clarification. I've always assumed that GC just removes checkpoints
in natural order; good to see it's smarter than that ;-)
The CP got GC'd recently alright.
Cheers,
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2011-11-14 12:51 One checkpoint doesn't get GC'd dexen deVries
[not found] ` <201111141351.50798.dexen.devries-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-11-15 16:11 ` Ryusuke Konishi
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2011-11-17 12:05 ` dexen deVries [this message]
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