[PATCH -next v5 30/32] ext4: add tracepoints for EOF block zeroing and disksize-grow I/O
From: Zhang Yi
Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 05:50:43 EST
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add tracepoints to track the disksize-grow-pending lifecycle in the
writeback path and the block-zero-EOF entry point:
- ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_submit: ioend is marked as
DISKSIZE_GROW_IO in ext4_iomap_writeback_submit.
- ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_complete: ioend of type
DISKSIZE_GROW_IO completes in ext4_iomap_end_bio.
- ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_wait: ioend worker waits for the
pending zeroed EOF block to complete.
- ext4_iomap_wb_update_disksize: i_disksize is advanced in
ext4_iomap_wb_update_disksize, including the new value and
whether the update is a disksize-grow completion.
- ext4_block_zero_eof: ext4_block_zero_eof is called with the range
and zeroing outcome, capturing the producer-side entry point.
Together with the previous mark/clear/wait tracepoints, these cover the
full lifetime of the disksize-grow-pending state.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 3 +
fs/ext4/page-io.c | 13 ++++-
include/trace/events/ext4.h | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index bca7d5c33919..ee15366422a1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4406,6 +4406,8 @@ static int ext4_iomap_writeback_submit(struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
round_down(ioend->io_offset, blocksize) <= pstart &&
round_up(ioend->io_offset + ioend->io_size, blocksize) >=
pstart + plen) {
+ trace_ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_submit(inode,
+ ioend->io_offset, ioend->io_size);
ioend->io_bio.bi_end_io = ext4_iomap_end_bio;
ioend->io_private = (void *)EXT4_IOMAP_IOEND_DISKSIZE_GROW_IO;
}
@@ -5001,6 +5003,7 @@ int ext4_block_zero_eof(struct inode *inode, loff_t from, loff_t end)
return err;
}
+ trace_ext4_block_zero_eof(inode, from, length, did_zero, zero_written);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 4f1176b9332f..4464eb03c972 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
#include "xattr.h"
#include "acl.h"
+#include <trace/events/ext4.h>
+
static struct kmem_cache *io_end_cachep;
static struct kmem_cache *io_end_vec_cachep;
@@ -574,6 +576,7 @@ static void ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_wait(struct inode *inode,
if (!plen || pos < pstart + plen)
return;
+ trace_ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_wait(inode, pos, size);
ext4_iomap_wait_disksize_pending(inode);
}
@@ -617,8 +620,11 @@ static int ext4_iomap_wb_update_disksize(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
* after the data has been persisted.
*/
new_disksize = is_disksize_grow ? i_size : min(end, i_size);
- if (new_disksize > ei->i_disksize)
+ if (new_disksize > ei->i_disksize) {
+ trace_ext4_iomap_wb_update_disksize(inode, end, i_size,
+ ei->i_disksize, new_disksize, is_disksize_grow);
WRITE_ONCE(ei->i_disksize, new_disksize);
+ }
up_write(&ei->i_data_sem);
ret = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
if (ret)
@@ -729,8 +735,11 @@ void ext4_iomap_end_bio(struct bio *bio)
* state set in ext4_block_zero_eof() and wake up all waiters
* that will update the inode i_disksize.
*/
- if (io_mode == EXT4_IOMAP_IOEND_DISKSIZE_GROW_IO)
+ if (io_mode == EXT4_IOMAP_IOEND_DISKSIZE_GROW_IO) {
+ trace_ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_complete(ioend->io_inode,
+ ioend->io_offset, ioend->io_size);
ext4_iomap_clear_disksize_pending(ioend->io_inode);
+ }
spin_lock_irqsave(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
if (list_empty(&ei->i_rsv_conversion_list))
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index 4539ef8e5f86..c9259c2a3e36 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -3237,6 +3237,113 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(ext4_iomap_disksize_pending, ext4_iomap_wait_disksize_pending,
TP_ARGS(inode)
);
+/* disksize pending I/O tracepoints for iomap Buffered I/O path */
+DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending,
+ TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t io_offset, size_t io_size),
+ TP_ARGS(inode, io_offset, io_size),
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(dev_t, dev)
+ __field(u64, ino)
+ __field(loff_t, io_offset)
+ __field(size_t, io_size)
+ __field(loff_t, i_size)
+ __field(loff_t, i_disksize)
+ ),
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
+ __entry->ino = inode->i_ino;
+ __entry->io_offset = io_offset;
+ __entry->io_size = io_size;
+ __entry->i_size = i_size_read(inode);
+ __entry->i_disksize = READ_ONCE(EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize);
+ ),
+ TP_printk("dev %d:%d ino %llu io_offset %lld io_size %zu i_size %lld i_disksize %lld",
+ MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
+ __entry->ino, __entry->io_offset, __entry->io_size,
+ __entry->i_size, __entry->i_disksize)
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending,
+ ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_submit,
+ TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t io_offset, size_t io_size),
+ TP_ARGS(inode, io_offset, io_size)
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending,
+ ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_complete,
+ TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t io_offset, size_t io_size),
+ TP_ARGS(inode, io_offset, io_size)
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending,
+ ext4_iomap_wb_disksize_pending_wait,
+ TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t io_offset, size_t io_size),
+ TP_ARGS(inode, io_offset, io_size)
+);
+
+/* i_disksize update tracepoint */
+TRACE_EVENT(ext4_iomap_wb_update_disksize,
+ TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t end, loff_t i_size,
+ loff_t i_disksize, loff_t new_disksize,
+ bool is_disksize_grow),
+ TP_ARGS(inode, end, i_size, i_disksize, new_disksize,
+ is_disksize_grow),
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(dev_t, dev)
+ __field(u64, ino)
+ __field(loff_t, end)
+ __field(loff_t, i_size)
+ __field(loff_t, i_disksize)
+ __field(loff_t, new_disksize)
+ __field(bool, is_disksize_grow)
+ ),
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
+ __entry->ino = inode->i_ino;
+ __entry->end = end;
+ __entry->i_size = i_size;
+ __entry->i_disksize = i_disksize;
+ __entry->new_disksize = new_disksize;
+ __entry->is_disksize_grow = is_disksize_grow;
+ ),
+ TP_printk("dev %d:%d ino %llu end %lld i_size %lld i_disksize %lld new_disksize %lld is_disksize_grow %d",
+ MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
+ __entry->ino, __entry->end, __entry->i_size,
+ __entry->i_disksize, __entry->new_disksize,
+ __entry->is_disksize_grow)
+);
+
+/* Block zero EOF tracepoint */
+TRACE_EVENT(ext4_block_zero_eof,
+ TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t from, loff_t length,
+ bool did_zero, bool zero_written),
+ TP_ARGS(inode, from, length, did_zero, zero_written),
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(dev_t, dev)
+ __field(u64, ino)
+ __field(loff_t, from)
+ __field(loff_t, length)
+ __field(loff_t, i_size)
+ __field(loff_t, i_disksize)
+ __field(bool, did_zero)
+ __field(bool, zero_written)
+ ),
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
+ __entry->ino = inode->i_ino;
+ __entry->from = from;
+ __entry->length = length;
+ __entry->i_size = inode->i_size;
+ __entry->i_disksize = READ_ONCE(EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize);
+ __entry->did_zero = did_zero;
+ __entry->zero_written = zero_written;
+ ),
+ TP_printk("dev %d:%d ino %llu zero EOF from %lld length %lld i_size %lld i_disksize %lld did_zero %d zero_written %d",
+ MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev), __entry->ino,
+ __entry->from, __entry->length, __entry->i_size,
+ __entry->i_disksize, __entry->did_zero, __entry->zero_written)
+);
+
#endif /* _TRACE_EXT4_H */
/* This part must be outside protection */
--
2.52.0