[PATCH v10 21/35] netfs: Make deprecated PG_private_2 support optional
From: David Howells
Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 10:57:11 EST
Make the deprecated PG_private_2 support optional, requiring it to be
selected by the filesystems that might want to use it.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Anna Schumaker <anna@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>
cc: Alex Markuze <amarkuze@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: netfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: ceph-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/ceph/Kconfig | 1 +
fs/netfs/Kconfig | 3 +++
fs/netfs/Makefile | 2 +-
fs/netfs/internal.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/netfs/read_collect.c | 2 +-
fs/nfs/Kconfig | 1 +
include/linux/netfs.h | 2 ++
7 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ceph/Kconfig b/fs/ceph/Kconfig
index 3d64a316ca31..aa6ccd7794d2 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ceph/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config CEPH_FS
depends on INET
select CEPH_LIB
select NETFS_SUPPORT
+ select NETFS_PGPRIV2
select FS_ENCRYPTION_ALGS if FS_ENCRYPTION
default n
help
diff --git a/fs/netfs/Kconfig b/fs/netfs/Kconfig
index 7701c037c328..d0e7b0971fa3 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/netfs/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ config NETFS_STATS
between CPUs. On the other hand, the stats are very useful for
debugging purposes. Saying 'Y' here is recommended.
+config NETFS_PGPRIV2
+ bool
+
config NETFS_DEBUG
bool "Enable dynamic debugging netfslib and FS-Cache"
depends on NETFS_SUPPORT
diff --git a/fs/netfs/Makefile b/fs/netfs/Makefile
index e1f12ecb5abf..b1ea4439c1bb 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/netfs/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ netfs-y := \
misc.o \
objects.o \
read_collect.o \
- read_pgpriv2.o \
read_retry.o \
read_single.o \
rolling_buffer.o \
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ netfs-y := \
write_issue.o \
write_retry.o
+netfs-$(CONFIG_NETFS_PGPRIV2) += read_pgpriv2.o
netfs-$(CONFIG_NETFS_STATS) += stats.o
netfs-$(CONFIG_FSCACHE) += \
diff --git a/fs/netfs/internal.h b/fs/netfs/internal.h
index df04ee82e34b..c50750b72262 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/netfs/internal.h
@@ -120,9 +120,37 @@ void netfs_cache_read_terminated(void *priv, ssize_t transferred_or_error);
/*
* read_pgpriv2.c
*/
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETFS_PGPRIV2
+int netfs_prepare_pgpriv2_write_buffer(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
+ unsigned int max_segs);
void netfs_pgpriv2_copy_to_cache(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct folio *folio);
void netfs_pgpriv2_end_copy_to_cache(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
bool netfs_pgpriv2_unlock_copied_folios(struct netfs_io_request *wreq);
+static inline bool netfs_using_pgpriv2(const struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
+{
+ return test_bit(NETFS_RREQ_USE_PGPRIV2, &rreq->flags);
+}
+#else
+static inline int netfs_prepare_pgpriv2_write_buffer(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
+ unsigned int max_segs)
+{
+ return -EIO;
+}
+static inline void netfs_pgpriv2_copy_to_cache(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct folio *folio)
+{
+}
+static inline void netfs_pgpriv2_end_copy_to_cache(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
+{
+}
+static inline bool netfs_pgpriv2_unlock_copied_folios(struct netfs_io_request *wreq)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+static inline bool netfs_using_pgpriv2(const struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#endif
/*
* read_retry.c
diff --git a/fs/netfs/read_collect.c b/fs/netfs/read_collect.c
index f758ab0aaf5d..f773579692ab 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/read_collect.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/read_collect.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void netfs_unlock_read_folio(struct netfs_io_request *rreq,
flush_dcache_folio(folio);
folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
- if (!test_bit(NETFS_RREQ_USE_PGPRIV2, &rreq->flags)) {
+ if (!netfs_using_pgpriv2(rreq)) {
finfo = netfs_folio_info(folio);
if (finfo) {
trace_netfs_folio(folio, netfs_folio_trace_filled_gaps);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/Kconfig b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
index 6bb30543eff0..e7862f35b72c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ config NFS_FSCACHE
bool "Provide NFS client caching support"
depends on NFS_FS
select NETFS_SUPPORT
+ select NETFS_PGPRIV2
select FSCACHE
help
Say Y here if you want NFS data to be cached locally on disc through
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index b6e5f6dc54e2..7cdb14a130d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -279,8 +279,10 @@ struct netfs_io_request {
#define NETFS_RREQ_UPLOAD_TO_SERVER 11 /* Need to write to the server */
#define NETFS_RREQ_USE_IO_ITER 12 /* Use ->io_iter rather than ->i_pages */
#define NETFS_RREQ_NEED_PUT_RA_REFS 17 /* Need to put the folio refs RA gave us */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETFS_PGPRIV2
#define NETFS_RREQ_USE_PGPRIV2 31 /* [DEPRECATED] Use PG_private_2 to mark
* write to cache on read */
+#endif
const struct netfs_request_ops *netfs_ops;
};