Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v6 00/11] f2fs: prepare metadata layouts for runtime block sizes

From: Jaegeuk Kim

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 17:01:25 EST


Hi Kelvin,

I see only the first patch in this series. Am I missing something?

On 08/31, Kelvin Zhang wrote:
> F2FS currently describes several on-disk metadata layouts and filesystem
> geometry values with constants derived from PAGE_SIZE or a fixed 4KB block
> size. This series derives those values from the mounted filesystem's block
> size instead, as preparation for supporting filesystem blocks smaller than
> PAGE_SIZE.
>
> The patches initialize sb_info early, describe the SIT, NAT, orphan, dentry,
> node, and xattr layouts dynamically, parameterize sector/byte/block
> conversion helpers, and derive node-tree geometry at runtime.
>
> This series does not relax the block-size mount check or enable subpage I/O.
> It is intended to be a behavior-preserving refactoring for currently
> supported 4KB-block filesystems.
>
> Changes since v5:
> - no code changes
> - send each diff as a base64-encoded text/x-patch attachment because Gmail's
> outgoing transport reflowed long lines in inline text/plain bodies
> - verified that an actual received raw message applies with git am and
> produces the expected tree; the list-side copy of patch 01/11 will be
> checked before completing the series
>
> v5:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/CAH=xXfH7TPGt-zKXvJRNTgGDZKa1Xoq_sF3-WGs5kdsQLuYn4g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Changes since v4:
> - no code changes
> - resend with CRLF-canonicalized RFC822 messages; the delivered inline patch
> was still reflowed by Gmail's outgoing transport
>
> v4:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/CAH=xXfHWPg6qRwW+N2ziH1cvG3OD3wJc1z_Tm04MtFCpqYmQFg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Changes since v3:
> - no code changes
> - resend with git send-email because the previous mail-sending path produced
> hard-wrapped hunk headers in the delivered messages
>
> v3:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/CAH=xXfEFL7w7nsU3xjNubKJ1soYMqT-DbJBuyzfEX4Rv3rdFEA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Changes since v2:
> - use DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() for flexible arrays that are alone in a struct or
> used in a union, fixing the reported m68k GCC build failures
> - use F2FS_BLK_ALIGN() in f2fs_sec_trim_file() to avoid a runtime 64-bit
> division and an unresolved __divdi3 reference on 32-bit SH
> - no other code changes
>
> Changes since v1:
> - rebase onto f2fs/dev at c966d29e01bb
> - drop the unrelated free-NID underflow fix from this series
> - split the preparatory changes into 11 focused patches
> - initialize sb_info earlier and describe the xattr layout explicitly
> - separate sector, byte/block, and block-size macro parameterization
> - update commit messages and address checkpatch warnings
>
> v2:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/CAH=xXfHWW_J92z3YgvoLSx8+z6rekq=p2kiP15KE9=2+Ju2RjQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/CAH=xXfFVAwQ3r_NdUDtmXhtg6Lw8kDWoNTzGL5oy4mwHMsJLJw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Tested with:
> - x86_64 W=1 F2FS build at every patch
> - arm64 16KB-page W=1 F2FS build at the series tip
> - m68k W=1 F2FS builds with the two reported randconfigs at the affected
> patch points
> - SH W=1 F2FS build with the reported randconfig at the affected patch;
> fs/f2fs/file.o has no __divdi3 reference
> - scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict (no errors or warnings)
>
> Kelvin Zhang (11):
> f2fs: initialize sb_info early in f2fs_fill_super
> f2fs: describe SIT block layout dynamically
> f2fs: describe NAT block layout dynamically
> f2fs: describe orphan block layout dynamically
> f2fs: describe dentry block layout dynamically
> f2fs: describe {i,d,id}node block layout dynamically
> f2fs: describe xattr block layout dynamically
> f2fs: parameterize sector conversion macros
> f2fs: parameterize byte and block conversion macros
> f2fs: parameterize block size and mask macros
> f2fs: describe node tree geometry dynamically
>
> fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 75 ++++++++++--------
> fs/f2fs/data.c | 85 +++++++++++---------
> fs/f2fs/debug.c | 4 +-
> fs/f2fs/dir.c | 51 ++++++------
> fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c | 6 +-
> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
> fs/f2fs/file.c | 84 +++++++++++---------
> fs/f2fs/gc.c | 27 ++++---
> fs/f2fs/inline.c | 11 ++-
> fs/f2fs/inode.c | 22 +++---
> fs/f2fs/node.c | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> fs/f2fs/node.h | 89 +++++++++++----------
> fs/f2fs/recovery.c | 4 +-
> fs/f2fs/segment.c | 60 +++++++-------
> fs/f2fs/segment.h | 32 ++++----
> fs/f2fs/shrinker.c | 2 +-
> fs/f2fs/super.c | 83 +++++++++++++------
> fs/f2fs/sysfs.c | 10 +--
> fs/f2fs/verity.c | 6 +-
> fs/f2fs/xattr.c | 10 ++-
> fs/f2fs/xattr.h | 15 ++--
> include/linux/f2fs_fs.h | 131 ++++++++++++++++--------------
> 22 files changed, 636 insertions(+), 464 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: c966d29e01bbf829f8bb4a39a49811c56cdb49c3
> --
> 2.53.0
>
>
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