[PATCH v2 6/7] exfat: advance valid_size while zeroing new ranges

From: Chi Zhiling

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 23:34:51 EST


From: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>

valid_size is currently updated only after the range has been zeroed, so
it lags the folios that were just marked uptodate and dirty.

Advance it from exfat_zero_new_range() page by page, under the folio
lock and right after the folio is marked dirty. exfat_extend_valid_size()
then only advances zeroed_size, and exfat_page_mkwrite() advances
valid_size once iomap_page_mkwrite() has returned the locked folio.

Signed-off-by: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exfat/file.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exfat/file.c b/fs/exfat/file.c
index 6bd2b6d28a82..d92997dc8eec 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/file.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/file.c
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ int exfat_file_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
static int exfat_zero_new_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end)
{
struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+ struct exfat_inode_info *ei = EXFAT_I(inode);
loff_t next, pos = start;
struct folio *folio;
pgoff_t index;
@@ -683,6 +684,7 @@ static int exfat_zero_new_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end)
folio_lock(folio);
if (folio->mapping == mapping) {
folio_mark_dirty(folio);
+ exfat_advance_valid_size(ei, next);
pos = next;
}
folio_unlock(folio);
@@ -732,7 +734,6 @@ static int exfat_extend_valid_size(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_valid_size)
return ret;
}

- exfat_set_valid_size(ei, new_valid_size);
exfat_advance_zeroed_size(ei,
round_up(new_valid_size, i_blocksize(inode)));
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
@@ -925,7 +926,6 @@ static vm_fault_t exfat_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
*/
exfat_advance_zeroed_size(ei,
round_up(new_valid_size, i_blocksize(inode)));
- exfat_set_valid_size(ei, new_valid_size);
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
}

@@ -934,6 +934,9 @@ static vm_fault_t exfat_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)

filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(inode->i_mapping);
ret = iomap_page_mkwrite(vmf, &exfat_iomap_ops, NULL);
+ if (ret == VM_FAULT_LOCKED)
+ exfat_advance_valid_size(ei, new_valid_size);
+
filemap_invalidate_unlock_shared(inode->i_mapping);
sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
inode_unlock(inode);
--
2.53.0