Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v5 00/16] f2fs: support & optimize large folios for writable files

From: Jaegeuk Kim

Date: Wed Oct 14 2026 - 19:23:58 EST

Hi Nanzhe,

Could you please check IO submission path for Zoned block device?
I hit this.

[ 93.100225] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.100420] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.100551] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.100948] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.101432] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.101762] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.101907] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.102564] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.103054] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.103447] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.103667] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.104294] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.104373] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.104449] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.105220] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.105253] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.105532] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.105575] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.105606] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.105781] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.105985] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.106192] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.106692] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.106799] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.107015] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.107090] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.107113] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.107268] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.107288] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.107499] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.107511] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.107707] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.107724] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.107770] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.107781] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.107929] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.107941] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.108040] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.108050] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.108166] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.108179] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.108322] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443312; zone offset 19056; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000653b6a70 {.op=WRI
[ 93.108341] sd 0:0:0:4: Retrying unaligned write for zone 2639; offset 259443320; zone offset 19064; I/O scheduler (none); rq 00000000ea98b61b {.op=WRI
[ 93.108582] sd 0:0:0:4: [sde] tag#31 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=0s
[ 93.108588] sd 0:0:0:4: [sde] tag#31 Sense Key : 0x5 [current]
[ 93.108595] sd 0:0:0:4: [sde] tag#31 ASC=0x21 ASCQ=0x4
[ 93.108605] sd 0:0:0:4: [sde] tag#31 CDB: opcode=0x8a 8a 00 00 00 00 00 01 ee d9 4e 00 00 00 01 03 00
[ 93.108607] critical target error, dev sde, sector 259443312 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[ 93.108612] sde: zone 2639: Aborting plugged BIOs
[ 93.108626] CPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 1831 Comm: CachedAppOptimi Tainted: G W O 6.12.81-android16-6-maybe-dirty-4k #1 de5ea2c0fc3867082493fabcae9896176e2e435e
[ 93.108630] Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE
[ 93.108631] Hardware name: KODIAK DVT 1.0 based on MALIBU (DT)
[ 93.108632] Call trace:
[ 93.108633] dump_backtrace+0xec/0x128
[ 93.108641] show_stack+0x18/0x28
[ 93.108645] dump_stack_lvl+0x40/0xb8
[ 93.108649] dump_stack+0x18/0x28
[ 93.108652] f2fs_stop_checkpoint+0x1f0/0x2d8
[ 93.108654] f2fs_write_end_bio+0x50/0x694
[ 93.108657] f2fs_write_end_io+0x80/0x94
[ 93.108660] bio_endio+0x114/0x224
[ 93.108662] __dm_io_complete+0xf4/0x278
[ 93.108665] clone_endio+0xc0/0x26c
[ 93.108669] bio_endio+0x114/0x224
[ 93.108671] blk_zone_write_plug_bio_endio+0x104/0x334
[ 93.108674] bio_endio+0x160/0x224
[ 93.108676] blk_update_request+0x17c/0x218

On 10/14, Nanzhe Zhao wrote:
> This series supports large folios for most readable/writable files
> in buffered I/O paths, including normal files, block-layer encrypted
> files, and atomic files except for inline-data files, compressed files,
> and quota files.
>
> It also extends f2fs_folio_state to coexist with f2fs page-private
> flags and to handle large folio write path and partial truncate of
> large folios correctly. A valid large folio always carries a
> f2fs_folio_state at its folio->private in the current implementation.
>
> Benchmark details can be found in the RFC v2 cover letter [1].
>
> Changes in v5:
> - Rebased onto the f2fs dev-test branch (d1685c24b6c3).
> - Dropped the two prerequisite bug fixes, which are now merged:
> c04f209773ec ("f2fs: read i_size once in f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite")
> b3c984358925 ("f2fs: remove mappedtodisk flag usage in mmap write path")
> - Link to v4: [2]
>
> Many thanks to Chao and Daeho for your extensive reviews and valuable
> suggestions!
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260622160830.324455-1-zhaonanzhe@xxxxxxxxxx
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20261013115621.968742-1-nzzhao.sigma@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> Nanzhe Zhao (16):
> f2fs: extend folio state for large folio write path
> f2fs: carry subpage offset and count in write IO
> f2fs: support regular file buffered writes on large folios
> f2fs: support atomic file large folios buffered write
> f2fs: support large folio writeback
> f2fs: account large folio dirty data at block granularity
> f2fs: prepare mmap write faults for large folios
> f2fs: make GC migration large-folio aware
> f2fs: optimize small block size large folio read
> f2fs: support partial uptodate large folio read
> f2fs: handle partial truncate of large folio dirty subpages
> f2fs: wait for folio writeback before ffs_detach_free
> f2fs: fix zeroing paths for large folios
> f2fs: handle block cloning within the same large folio
> f2fs: allow large folio support to writeable files
> f2fs: make compressed files compatible with large folio
>
> Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst | 10 +
> fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 40 +-
> fs/f2fs/compress.c | 7 +-
> fs/f2fs/data.c | 1467 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> fs/f2fs/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 170 +++-
> fs/f2fs/file.c | 226 +++--
> fs/f2fs/gc.c | 38 +-
> fs/f2fs/inline.c | 9 +-
> fs/f2fs/inode.c | 4 +-
> fs/f2fs/namei.c | 1 +
> fs/f2fs/node.c | 2 +-
> fs/f2fs/segment.c | 5 +-
> 13 files changed, 1716 insertions(+), 265 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
>
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