[PATCH v2 6/7] nfs: Optimize direct I/O to use folios for requests

From: Pranjal Shrivastava

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 09:43:05 EST


Optimize nfs_direct_extract_pages() to group contiguous pages from the
same folio into single nfs_page structures. This effectively migrates
NFS Direct I/O from being page-based to being folio-based.

Reduce the number of nfs_page allocations and subsequent iterations
by utilizing nfs_page_create_from_folio() to create aggregated
requests.

Signed-off-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/direct.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index e2a93cfb6c72..ddc6b27f5315 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -194,23 +194,45 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_extract_pages(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
return result;

npages = (result + pgbase + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < npages; ) {
+ unsigned int chunk_len, folio_offset;
+ unsigned int nr_to_add = 1;
struct nfs_page *req;
- unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, result - bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase);
+ struct folio *folio;

- req = nfs_page_create_from_page(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i],
- pinned, pgbase, *pos,
- req_len);
+ folio = page_folio(pagevec[i]);
+ folio_offset = (folio_page_idx(folio, pagevec[i]) << PAGE_SHIFT) + pgbase;
+ chunk_len = min_t(size_t, result - bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase);
+
+ while (i + nr_to_add < npages) {
+ struct page *next_page = pagevec[i + nr_to_add];
+ struct page *prev_page = pagevec[i + nr_to_add - 1];
+
+ if (page_folio(next_page) != folio ||
+ next_page != prev_page + 1)
+ break;
+
+ chunk_len += min_t(size_t, result - bytes - chunk_len, PAGE_SIZE);
+ nr_to_add++;
+ }
+
+ req = nfs_page_create_from_folio(dreq->ctx, folio,
+ pinned, folio_offset,
+ chunk_len);
if (IS_ERR(req)) {
if (!bytes)
bytes = PTR_ERR(req);
break;
}

+ req->wb_index = *pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ req->wb_offset = offset_in_page(*pos);
+
list_add_tail(&req->wb_list, list);
pgbase = 0;
- bytes += req_len;
- *pos += req_len;
+ bytes += chunk_len;
+ *pos += chunk_len;
+ i += nr_to_add;
}

if (i < npages) {
@@ -403,9 +425,9 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
if (result < 0)
break;

- requested_bytes += result;
while (!list_empty(&nfs_page_list)) {
struct nfs_page *req = nfs_list_entry(nfs_page_list.next);
+ size_t req_len = req->wb_bytes;

nfs_list_remove_request(req);
if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req)) {
@@ -414,6 +436,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
nfs_release_request_list(&nfs_page_list);
break;
}
+ requested_bytes += req_len;
}
if (result < 0)
break;
@@ -922,19 +945,22 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
if (result < 0)
break;

- requested_bytes += result;
while (!list_empty(&nfs_page_list)) {
struct nfs_page *req = nfs_list_entry(nfs_page_list.next);
+ size_t req_len = req->wb_bytes;

nfs_list_remove_request(req);
if (defer) {
nfs_mark_request_commit(req, NULL, &cinfo, 0);
+ requested_bytes += req_len;
continue;
}

nfs_lock_request(req);
- if (nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req))
+ if (nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req)) {
+ requested_bytes += req_len;
continue;
+ }

/* Exit on hard errors */
if (desc.pg_error < 0 && desc.pg_error != -EAGAIN) {
@@ -951,6 +977,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
spin_unlock(&dreq->lock);
nfs_unlock_request(req);
nfs_mark_request_commit(req, NULL, &cinfo, 0);
+ requested_bytes += req_len;
desc.pg_error = 0;
defer = true;
}
--
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog