[PATCH v4 04/23] ext4: add iomap address space operations for buffered I/O
From: Zhang Yi
Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 03:35:06 EST
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Introduce initial support for iomap in the buffered I/O path for regular
files on ext4.
- Add a new inode state flag EXT4_STATE_BUFFERED_IOMAP to indicate the
inode uses iomap instead of buffer_head for buffered I/O
- Add helper ext4_inode_buffered_iomap() to check the flag
- Add new address space operations ext4_iomap_aops with callbacks that
will use generic iomap implementations
- Add ext4_iomap_aops to ext4_set_aops() when the flag is set
The following callbacks(read_folio(), readahead(), writepages()) are
provided as placeholders and will be implemented in later patches.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/ext4.h | 7 +++++++
fs/ext4/inode.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 94283a991e5c..1e27d73d7427 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1972,6 +1972,7 @@ enum {
EXT4_STATE_FC_COMMITTING, /* Fast commit ongoing */
EXT4_STATE_FC_FLUSHING_DATA, /* Fast commit flushing data */
EXT4_STATE_ORPHAN_FILE, /* Inode orphaned in orphan file */
+ EXT4_STATE_BUFFERED_IOMAP, /* Inode use iomap for buffered IO */
};
#define EXT4_INODE_BIT_FNS(name, field, offset) \
@@ -2040,6 +2041,12 @@ static inline bool ext4_inode_orphan_tracked(struct inode *inode)
!list_empty(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan);
}
+/* Whether the inode pass through the iomap infrastructure for buffered I/O */
+static inline bool ext4_inode_buffered_iomap(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_BUFFERED_IOMAP);
+}
+
/*
* Codes for operating systems
*/
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index b1ef706987c3..178ac2be37b7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3908,6 +3908,22 @@ const struct iomap_ops ext4_iomap_report_ops = {
.iomap_begin = ext4_iomap_begin_report,
};
+static int ext4_iomap_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void ext4_iomap_readahead(struct readahead_control *rac)
+{
+
+}
+
+static int ext4_iomap_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
+ struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* For data=journal mode, folio should be marked dirty only when it was
* writeably mapped. When that happens, it was already attached to the
@@ -3994,6 +4010,20 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_da_aops = {
.swap_activate = ext4_iomap_swap_activate,
};
+static const struct address_space_operations ext4_iomap_aops = {
+ .read_folio = ext4_iomap_read_folio,
+ .readahead = ext4_iomap_readahead,
+ .writepages = ext4_iomap_writepages,
+ .dirty_folio = iomap_dirty_folio,
+ .bmap = ext4_bmap,
+ .invalidate_folio = iomap_invalidate_folio,
+ .release_folio = iomap_release_folio,
+ .migrate_folio = filemap_migrate_folio,
+ .is_partially_uptodate = iomap_is_partially_uptodate,
+ .error_remove_folio = generic_error_remove_folio,
+ .swap_activate = ext4_iomap_swap_activate,
+};
+
static const struct address_space_operations ext4_dax_aops = {
.writepages = ext4_dax_writepages,
.dirty_folio = noop_dirty_folio,
@@ -4015,6 +4045,8 @@ void ext4_set_aops(struct inode *inode)
}
if (IS_DAX(inode))
inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ext4_dax_aops;
+ else if (ext4_inode_buffered_iomap(inode))
+ inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ext4_iomap_aops;
else if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC))
inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ext4_da_aops;
else
--
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