Btrfs: do not create empty block group if we have allocated data
commit cf25ce51 upstream. Now we force to create empty block group to keep data profile alive, however, in the below example, we eventually get an empty block group while we're trying to get more space for other types (metadata/system), - Before, block group "A": size=2G, used=1.2G block group "B": size=2G, used=512M - After "btrfs balance start -dusage=50 mount_point", block group "A": size=2G, used=(1.2+0.5)G block group "C": size=2G, used=0 Since there is no data in block group C, it won't be deleted automatically and we have to get the unused 2G until the next mount. Balance itself just moves data and doesn't remove data, so it's safe to not create such a empty block group if we already have data allocated in other block groups. Signed-off-by: Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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