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    btrfs: fix wrong free space information of btrfs · 6d07bcec
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    When we store data by raid profile in btrfs with two or more different size
    disks, df command shows there is some free space in the filesystem, but the
    user can not write any data in fact, df command shows the wrong free space
    information of btrfs.
    
     # mkfs.btrfs -d raid1 /dev/sda9 /dev/sda10
     # btrfs-show
     Label: none  uuid: a95cd49e-6e33-45b8-8741-a36153ce4b64
     	Total devices 2 FS bytes used 28.00KB
     	devid    1 size 5.01GB used 2.03GB path /dev/sda9
     	devid    2 size 10.00GB used 2.01GB path /dev/sda10
     # btrfs device scan /dev/sda9 /dev/sda10
     # mount /dev/sda9 /mnt
     # dd if=/dev/zero of=tmpfile0 bs=4K count=9999999999
       (fill the filesystem)
     # sync
     # df -TH
     Filesystem	Type	Size	Used	Avail	Use%	Mounted on
     /dev/sda9	btrfs	17G	8.6G	5.4G	62%	/mnt
     # btrfs-show
     Label: none  uuid: a95cd49e-6e33-45b8-8741-a36153ce4b64
     	Total devices 2 FS bytes used 3.99GB
     	devid    1 size 5.01GB used 5.01GB path /dev/sda9
     	devid    2 size 10.00GB used 4.99GB path /dev/sda10
    
    It is because btrfs cannot allocate chunks when one of the pairing disks has
    no space, the free space on the other disks can not be used for ever, and should
    be subtracted from the total space, but btrfs doesn't subtract this space from
    the total. It is strange to the user.
    
    This patch fixes it by calcing the free space that can be used to allocate
    chunks.
    
    Implementation:
    1. get all the devices free space, and align them by stripe length.
    2. sort the devices by the free space.
    3. check the free space of the devices,
       3.1. if it is not zero, and then check the number of the devices that has
            more free space than this device,
            if the number of the devices is beyond the min stripe number, the free
            space can be used, and add into total free space.
            if the number of the devices is below the min stripe number, we can not
            use the free space, the check ends.
       3.2. if the free space is zero, check the next devices, goto 3.1
    
    This implementation is just likely fake chunk allocation.
    
    After appling this patch, df can show correct space information:
     # df -TH
     Filesystem	Type	Size	Used	Avail	Use%	Mounted on
     /dev/sda9	btrfs	17G	8.6G	0	100%	/mnt
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMiao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
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