Re: [PATCH 06/14] f2fs: prepare mmap write faults for large folios

From: Chao Yu

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 08:42:17 EST


On 8/26/26 16:26, Nanzhe Zhao wrote:
> Now write protect `mmap` also need to support large folio,
> Change `f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite` to acheive that.
>
> Note it currently marks the whole large folio dirty
> to avoid data loss which causes write amplification.
> Further optimization is welcome.
>
> PG_mappedtodisk is useless in f2fs, so drop the
> folio_test_mappedtodisk() check and its goto out_sem

Can you send a separated patch to clean up logic on mappedtodisk flag?

> shortcut in f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(). We extend the
> folio_zero_segment() in mkwrite to zero the post-EOF part
> of the faulted folio for both order-0 and large folios, so
> the f2fs_zero_post_eof_page() call added to cover that
> shortcut is no longer needed.
> > Signed-off-by: Nanzhe Zhao <zhaonanzhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 5 +++++
> fs/f2fs/file.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> index ae6031693700..71e6d7e34c7b 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> @@ -4343,6 +4343,11 @@ int f2fs_write_single_data_page(struct folio *folio, int *submitted,
> enum iostat_type io_type,
> int compr_blocks, bool allow_balance);
> bool f2fs_ffs_test_blk_uptodate(const struct folio *folio, pgoff_t index);
> +struct f2fs_folio_state *f2fs_ffs_find_or_alloc(struct folio *folio);
> +void f2fs_ffs_mark_subrange_dirty(struct folio *folio, size_t offset, size_t len);
> +bool f2fs_ffs_clear_subrange_dirty_and_test(struct folio *folio, size_t offset,
> + size_t len);
> +void f2fs_ffs_clear_subrange_dirty(struct folio *folio, size_t offset, size_t len);
> void f2fs_write_failed(struct inode *inode, loff_t to);
> void f2fs_invalidate_folio(struct folio *folio, size_t offset, size_t length);
> bool f2fs_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t wait);
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> index e40285d4f9c2..02d687527241 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> @@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
> struct dnode_of_data dn;
> bool need_alloc = !f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode);
> + pgoff_t pidx = folio->index + folio_page_idx(folio, vmf->page);
> + loff_t pos = (loff_t)pidx << PAGE_SHIFT;
> + loff_t isize;
> + loff_t folio_start;
> + loff_t valid_end;
> + size_t dirty_len;
> + size_t subpage_off;
> int err = 0;
> vm_fault_t ret;
>
> @@ -160,7 +167,7 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
> if (f2fs_compressed_file(inode)) {
> - int ret = f2fs_is_compressed_cluster(inode, folio->index);
> + int ret = f2fs_is_compressed_cluster(inode, pidx);
>
> if (ret < 0) {
> err = ret;
> @@ -178,18 +185,20 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>
> f2fs_bug_on(sbi, f2fs_has_inline_data(inode));
>
> - err = f2fs_zero_post_eof_page(inode,
> - (folio->index + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT, true, false);
> - if (err)
> - goto out_pagefault;
> -
> file_update_time(vmf->vma->vm_file);
> filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(inode->i_mapping);
>
> folio_lock(folio);
> + isize = i_size_read(inode);
> + folio_start = folio_pos(folio);
> + subpage_off = offset_in_folio(folio, pos);
> + valid_end = min_t(loff_t, folio_start + folio_size(folio), isize);
> + dirty_len = valid_end > folio_start ? valid_end - folio_start : 0;
> +
> if (unlikely(folio->mapping != inode->i_mapping ||
> - folio_pos(folio) > i_size_read(inode) ||
> - !folio_test_uptodate(folio))) {
> + pos >= isize ||
> + !f2fs_ffs_test_blk_uptodate(folio,
> + folio->index + (subpage_off >> PAGE_SHIFT)))) {
> folio_unlock(folio);
> err = -EFAULT;
> goto out_sem;
> @@ -198,9 +207,19 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
> if (need_alloc) {
> /* block allocation */
> - err = f2fs_get_block_locked(&dn, folio->index);
> + if (folio_test_large(folio)) {
> + pgoff_t i, nr = DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_len, PAGE_SIZE);
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
> + err = f2fs_get_block_locked(&dn, folio->index + i);
> + if (err)
> + break;

We only need to call f2fs_get_block_locked() for vmf->page?

Hi Barry, could you please help to confirm this? Only vmf->page contain dirty
data, rather than whole large folio contain dirty data?

Thanks,

> + }
> + } else {
> + err = f2fs_get_block_locked(&dn, pidx);
> + }
> } else {
> - err = f2fs_get_dnode_of_data(&dn, folio->index, LOOKUP_NODE);
> + err = f2fs_get_dnode_of_data(&dn, pidx, LOOKUP_NODE);
> f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
> if (f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode) &&
> !__is_valid_data_blkaddr(dn.data_blkaddr))
> @@ -217,20 +236,17 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> /* wait for GCed page writeback via META_MAPPING */
> f2fs_wait_on_block_writeback(inode, dn.data_blkaddr);
>
> - /*
> - * check to see if the page is mapped already (no holes)
> - */
> - if (folio_test_mappedtodisk(folio))
> - goto out_sem;
> -
> /* page is wholly or partially inside EOF */
> - if (((loff_t)(folio->index + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT) >
> - i_size_read(inode)) {
> - loff_t offset;
> + if (folio_start + folio_size(folio) > isize) {
> + size_t offset = offset_in_folio(folio, isize);
>
> - offset = i_size_read(inode) & ~PAGE_MASK;
> folio_zero_segment(folio, offset, folio_size(folio));
> }
> +
> + if (folio_test_large(folio)) {
> + f2fs_ffs_find_or_alloc(folio);
> + f2fs_ffs_mark_subrange_dirty(folio, 0, dirty_len);
> + }
> folio_mark_dirty(folio);
>
> f2fs_update_iostat(sbi, inode, APP_MAPPED_IO, F2FS_BLKSIZE);
> @@ -238,12 +254,11 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>
> out_sem:
> filemap_invalidate_unlock_shared(inode->i_mapping);
> -out_pagefault:
> sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
> out:
> ret = vmf_fs_error(err);
>
> - trace_f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(inode, folio->index, vmf->vma->vm_flags, ret);
> + trace_f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(inode, pidx, vmf->vma->vm_flags, ret);
> return ret;
> }
>