static int ext4_run_li_request(struct ext4_li_request *elr)
{
	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = NULL;
	ext4_group_t group, ngroups;
	struct super_block *sb;
	unsigned long timeout = 0;
	int ret = 0;

	sb = elr->lr_super;
	ngroups = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count;

	for (group = elr->lr_next_group; group < ngroups; group++) {
		gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, NULL);
		if (!gdp) {
			ret = 1;
			break;
		}

		if (!(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED)))
			break;
	}

	if (group >= ngroups)
		ret = 1;

	if (!ret) {
		timeout = jiffies;
		ret = ext4_init_inode_table(sb, group,
					    elr->lr_timeout ? 0 : 1);
		if (elr->lr_timeout == 0) {
			timeout = (jiffies - timeout) *
				  elr->lr_sbi->s_li_wait_mult;
			elr->lr_timeout = timeout;
		}
		elr->lr_next_sched = jiffies + elr->lr_timeout;
		elr->lr_next_group = group + 1;
	}
	return ret;
}

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