[PATCH v6 4/5] nfs: migrate direct I/O to iov_iter_extract_pages

From: Pranjal Shrivastava

Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 10:38:48 EST


Migrate the NFS Direct I/O path away from the legacy
iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2() API to the modern iov_iter_extract_pages API.
The transition aligns NFS with the modern VFS extraction model and serves
as a preparatory step for supporting requirements such as page pinning
via GUP for DMA.

The migration fixes a bug in the Direct I/O loop where pages were being
unpinned immediately after request creation. With the new extraction
model, pins are held until the I/O is complete. Manual release in the
loop is correspondingly updated to only clean up failed pages.

Signed-off-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Shivaji Kant <shivajikant@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/direct.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 96995736fac2..a1479fbf4f9e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -168,14 +168,8 @@ int nfs_swap_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
static void nfs_direct_release_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned int npages,
bool pinned)
{
- unsigned int i;
-
- if (pinned) {
+ if (pinned)
unpin_user_pages(pages, npages);
- } else {
- for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
- put_page(pages[i]);
- }
}

void nfs_init_cinfo_from_dreq(struct nfs_commit_info *cinfo,
@@ -354,16 +348,17 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
inode_dio_begin(inode);

while (iov_iter_count(iter)) {
- struct page **pagevec;
+ struct page **pagevec = NULL;
size_t bytes;
size_t pgbase;
unsigned npages, i;
+ bool pinned = iov_iter_extract_will_pin(iter);

- result = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2(iter, &pagevec,
- rsize, &pgbase);
+ result = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, &pagevec,
+ rsize, ~0U, 0, &pgbase);
if (result < 0)
break;
-
+
bytes = result;
npages = (result + pgbase + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
@@ -371,7 +366,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase);
/* XXX do we need to do the eof zeroing found in async_filler? */
req = nfs_page_create_from_page(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i],
- false, pgbase, pos,
+ pinned, pgbase, pos,
req_len);
if (IS_ERR(req)) {
result = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -380,6 +375,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req)) {
result = desc.pg_error;
nfs_release_request(req);
+ i++;
break;
}
pgbase = 0;
@@ -387,7 +383,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
requested_bytes += req_len;
pos += req_len;
}
- nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec, npages, false);
+ if (i < npages)
+ nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec + i, npages - i, pinned);
kvfree(pagevec);
if (result < 0)
break;
@@ -891,13 +888,14 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,

NFS_I(inode)->write_io += iov_iter_count(iter);
while (iov_iter_count(iter)) {
- struct page **pagevec;
+ struct page **pagevec = NULL;
size_t bytes;
size_t pgbase;
unsigned npages, i;
+ bool pinned = iov_iter_extract_will_pin(iter);

- result = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2(iter, &pagevec,
- wsize, &pgbase);
+ result = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, &pagevec,
+ wsize, ~0U, 0, &pgbase);
if (result < 0)
break;

@@ -908,7 +906,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase);

req = nfs_page_create_from_page(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i],
- false, pgbase, pos,
+ pinned, pgbase, pos,
req_len);
if (IS_ERR(req)) {
result = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -918,6 +916,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
if (desc.pg_error < 0) {
nfs_free_request(req);
result = desc.pg_error;
+ i++;
break;
}

@@ -939,6 +938,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
if (desc.pg_error < 0 && desc.pg_error != -EAGAIN) {
result = desc.pg_error;
nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
+ i++;
break;
}

@@ -952,7 +952,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
desc.pg_error = 0;
defer = true;
}
- nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec, npages, false);
+ if (i < npages)
+ nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec + i, npages - i, pinned);
kvfree(pagevec);
if (result < 0)
break;
--
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