+ /* check if they belong to the same rpc slot before trying to
+ * merge. the extents are not overlapped and contiguous at
+ * chunk level to get here. */
+ if (ext->oe_max_end != max_end)
+ /* if they don't belong to the same RPC slot or
+ * max_pages_per_rpc has ever changed, do not merge. */
+ continue;
+
+ /* check whether maximum extent size will be hit */
+ if ((ext_chk_end - ext_chk_start + 1 + 1) << ppc_bits >
+ cli->cl_max_extent_pages)
+ continue;
+
+ /* it's required that an extent must be contiguous at chunk
+ * level so that we know the whole extent is covered by grant
+ * (the pages in the extent are NOT required to be contiguous).
+ * Otherwise, it will be too much difficult to know which
+ * chunks have grants allocated. */
+
+ /* try to do front merge - extend ext's start */
+ if (chunk + 1 == ext_chk_start) {
+ /* ext must be chunk size aligned */
+ EASSERT((ext->oe_start & ~chunk_mask) == 0, ext);
+
+ /* pull ext's start back to cover cur */
+ ext->oe_start = cur->oe_start;
+ ext->oe_grants += chunksize;