[PATCH v3 08/13] exfat: reuse cache to improve exfat_get_cluster

From: Chi Zhiling

Date: Wed Jan 14 2026 - 07:13:49 EST


From: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>

Since exfat_ent_get supports cache buffer head, we can use this option to
reduce sb_bread calls when fetching consecutive entries.

Signed-off-by: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exfat/cache.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/exfat/cache.c b/fs/exfat/cache.c
index b806e7f5b00f..025b39b7a9ac 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/cache.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/cache.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ int exfat_get_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int cluster,
{
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
struct exfat_inode_info *ei = EXFAT_I(inode);
+ struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
struct exfat_cache_id cid;
unsigned int content, fclus;

@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ int exfat_get_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int cluster,
return 0;

while (fclus < cluster) {
- if (exfat_ent_get(sb, *dclus, &content, NULL))
+ if (exfat_ent_get(sb, *dclus, &content, &bh))
return -EIO;

*last_dclus = *dclus;
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ int exfat_get_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int cluster,
cache_init(&cid, fclus, *dclus);
}

+ brelse(bh);
exfat_cache_add(inode, &cid);
return 0;
}
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2.43.0