Re: [PATCH v2] iomap: add dirty page control to iomap_zero_iter

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 09:41:22 EST


On Mon, 11 May 2026 17:40:07 +0800, Chi Zhiling wrote:
> This patch prepares the iomap framework for exFAT's upcoming migration to
> iomap. During testing of the exFAT iomap branch with xfstests generic/299 on
> a VM with 8GB RAM and a 40GB disk, system unresponsiveness was observed.
>
> iomap_zero_iter() lacked dirty page throttling, which could cause memory
> pressure when exFAT's valid_size mechanism triggers large-scale zeroing
> operations during writes beyond valid_size.
>
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.2.iomap branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.2.iomap branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.2.iomap

[1/1] iomap: add dirty page control to iomap_zero_iter
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/ecf22101ba7a