[PATCH v1 02/12] f2fs: cache: initialize meta cache

From: Chao Yu

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 23:17:35 EST


This patch introduces meta_blocks in f2fs_sb_info structure, initializes
and destroys the meta cache during filesystem mount and unmount.

It also introduces helper wrappers for meta cache operation.

Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/cache.h | 12 ++++++++++++
fs/f2fs/data.c | 3 +++
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 3 +++
fs/f2fs/super.c | 10 +++++++++-
4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/cache.h b/fs/f2fs/cache.h
index 686a974008ae..3cd2abafe364 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/cache.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/cache.h
@@ -176,4 +176,16 @@ struct f2fs_cached_block *f2fs_grab_cache(struct f2fs_cached_block_list *cache,
void f2fs_drop_cache_range(struct f2fs_cached_block_list *cache,
unsigned long start, unsigned long len, bool drop_dirty);

+int f2fs_start_cache_wb_thread(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi);
+void f2fs_stop_cache_wb_thread(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi);
+
+#define META_CACHE(sbi) (&(sbi)->meta_blocks)
+
+#define f2fs_find_meta_cache(sbi, blkaddr) \
+ f2fs_find_cache(META_CACHE(sbi), blkaddr)
+#define f2fs_invalidate_meta_caches(sbi, start, len) \
+ f2fs_drop_cache_range(META_CACHE(sbi), start, len, false)
+#define f2fs_truncate_meta_caches(sbi, start, len) \
+ f2fs_drop_cache_range(META_CACHE(sbi), start, len, true)
+
#endif /* _LINUX_F2FS_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 09474790035b..110282bb8dcd 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -695,6 +695,9 @@ static bool __has_merged_page(struct bio *bio, struct inode *inode,
if (!inode && !folio && !ino)
return true;

+ if (f2fs_is_cache_bio(bio))
+ return false;
+
bio_for_each_folio_all(fi, bio) {
struct folio *target = fi.folio;

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 8413983ea9d5..9b7c60bbb137 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2105,6 +2105,9 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
struct lock_class_key cp_global_sem_key;
#endif
+
+ /* f2fs internal cache */
+ struct f2fs_cached_block_list meta_blocks;
};

/* Definitions to access f2fs_sb_info */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 3bdb0f891c35..bcfb1f97850e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2053,6 +2053,8 @@ static void f2fs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
iput(sbi->meta_inode);
sbi->meta_inode = NULL;

+ f2fs_destroy_cache(META_CACHE(sbi));
+
/* Should check the page counts after dropping all node/meta pages */
for (i = 0; i < NR_COUNT_TYPE; i++) {
if (!get_pages(sbi, i))
@@ -5197,12 +5199,16 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
if (err)
goto free_percpu;

+ err = f2fs_init_cache(sbi, META_CACHE(sbi), F2FS_META_CACHE);
+ if (err)
+ goto free_page_array_cache;
+
/* get an inode for meta space */
sbi->meta_inode = f2fs_iget(sb, F2FS_META_INO(sbi));
if (IS_ERR(sbi->meta_inode)) {
f2fs_err(sbi, "Failed to read F2FS meta data inode");
err = PTR_ERR(sbi->meta_inode);
- goto free_page_array_cache;
+ goto free_meta_cache;
}

err = f2fs_get_valid_checkpoint(sbi);
@@ -5528,6 +5534,8 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
make_bad_inode(sbi->meta_inode);
iput(sbi->meta_inode);
sbi->meta_inode = NULL;
+free_meta_cache:
+ f2fs_destroy_cache(META_CACHE(sbi));
free_page_array_cache:
f2fs_destroy_page_array_cache(sbi);
free_percpu:
--
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