ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
{
	ext4_group_t ngroups, group, i;
	int cr;
	int err = 0, first_err = 0;
	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
	struct super_block *sb;
	struct ext4_buddy e4b;

	sb = ac->ac_sb;
	sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
	ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
	/* non-extent files are limited to low blocks/groups */
	if (!(ext4_test_inode_flag(ac->ac_inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS)))
		ngroups = sbi->s_blockfile_groups;

	BUG_ON(ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND);

	/* first, try the goal */
	err = ext4_mb_find_by_goal(ac, &e4b);
	if (err || ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND)
		goto out;

	if (unlikely(ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_HINT_GOAL_ONLY))
		goto out;

	/*
	 * ac->ac2_order is set only if the fe_len is a power of 2
	 * if ac2_order is set we also set criteria to 0 so that we
	 * try exact allocation using buddy.
	 */
	i = fls(ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len);
	ac->ac_2order = 0;
	/*
	 * We search using buddy data only if the order of the request
	 * is greater than equal to the sbi_s_mb_order2_reqs
	 * You can tune it via /sys/fs/ext4/<partition>/mb_order2_req
	 * We also support searching for power-of-two requests only for
	 * requests upto maximum buddy size we have constructed.
	 */
	if (i >= sbi->s_mb_order2_reqs && i <= sb->s_blocksize_bits + 2) {
		/*
		 * This should tell if fe_len is exactly power of 2
		 */
		if ((ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len & (~(1 << (i - 1)))) == 0)
			ac->ac_2order = i - 1;
	}

	/* if stream allocation is enabled, use global goal */
	if (ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_STREAM_ALLOC) {
		/* TBD: may be hot point */
		spin_lock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
		ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group = sbi->s_mb_last_group;
		ac->ac_g_ex.fe_start = sbi->s_mb_last_start;
		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
	}

	/* Let's just scan groups to find more-less suitable blocks */
	cr = ac->ac_2order ? 0 : 1;
	/*
	 * cr == 0 try to get exact allocation,
	 * cr == 3  try to get anything
	 */
repeat:
	for (; cr < 4 && ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_CONTINUE; cr++) {
		ac->ac_criteria = cr;
		/*
		 * searching for the right group start
		 * from the goal value specified
		 */
		group = ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group;

		for (i = 0; i < ngroups; group++, i++) {
			int ret = 0;
			cond_resched();
			/*
			 * Artificially restricted ngroups for non-extent
			 * files makes group > ngroups possible on first loop.
			 */
			if (group >= ngroups)
				group = 0;

			/* This now checks without needing the buddy page */
			ret = ext4_mb_good_group(ac, group, cr);
			if (ret <= 0) {
				if (!first_err)
					first_err = ret;
				continue;
			}

			err = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, group, &e4b);
			if (err)
				goto out;

			ext4_lock_group(sb, group);

			/*
			 * We need to check again after locking the
			 * block group
			 */
			ret = ext4_mb_good_group(ac, group, cr);
			if (ret <= 0) {
				ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
				ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
				if (!first_err)
					first_err = ret;
				continue;
			}

			ac->ac_groups_scanned++;
			if (cr == 0)
				ext4_mb_simple_scan_group(ac, &e4b);
			else if (cr == 1 && sbi->s_stripe &&
					!(ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len % sbi->s_stripe))
				ext4_mb_scan_aligned(ac, &e4b);
			else
				ext4_mb_complex_scan_group(ac, &e4b);

			ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
			ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);

			if (ac->ac_status != AC_STATUS_CONTINUE)
				break;
		}
	}

	if (ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len > 0 && ac->ac_status != AC_STATUS_FOUND &&
	    !(ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_HINT_FIRST)) {
		/*
		 * We've been searching too long. Let's try to allocate
		 * the best chunk we've found so far
		 */

		ext4_mb_try_best_found(ac, &e4b);
		if (ac->ac_status != AC_STATUS_FOUND) {
			/*
			 * Someone more lucky has already allocated it.
			 * The only thing we can do is just take first
			 * found block(s)
			printk(KERN_DEBUG "EXT4-fs: someone won our chunk\n");
			 */
			ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group = 0;
			ac->ac_b_ex.fe_start = 0;
			ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len = 0;
			ac->ac_status = AC_STATUS_CONTINUE;
			ac->ac_flags |= EXT4_MB_HINT_FIRST;
			cr = 3;
			atomic_inc(&sbi->s_mb_lost_chunks);
			goto repeat;
		}
	}
out:
	if (!err && ac->ac_status != AC_STATUS_FOUND && first_err)
		err = first_err;
	return err;
}