Re:Re: [PATCH v7 08/15] f2fs: make GC migration large-folio aware

From: Nanzhe Zhao

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 06:12:34 EST



















At 2026-10-27 17:37:22, "Chao Yu" <chao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 10/26/26 11:37, Nanzhe Zhao wrote:
>> From: Nanzhe Zhao <zhaonanzhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> GC can operate on a 4K block that is cached inside a large folio.
>> The data lookup helpers therefore need to test and update uptodate
>> state for the addressed subpage instead of rejecting large folios or
>> treating the whole folio as the target block.
>>
>> Let f2fs_get_read_data_folio() and f2fs_get_lock_data_folio() to use
>> subpage uptodate state. Submit single-block reads at the requested
>> folio offset and zero only the addressed 4K range for NEW_ADDR.
>>
>> Also update `move_data_page` to mark, clear, and restore dirty
>> state for the target subpage, and submit write I/O with the subpage
>> offset recorded in f2fs_io_info.
>>
>> The write_pages_pending reference is taken by f2fs_do_write_data_page()
>> and dropped from its common error path, so a block that is truncated
>> concurrently no longer leaks the counter.
>>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <yi1.lai@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202610081027.b13dcf10-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Nanzhe Zhao <zhaonanzhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/f2fs/data.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 +
>> fs/f2fs/gc.c | 28 +++++++++++++++----
>> fs/f2fs/segment.c | 2 +-
>> 4 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
>> index d027c949823b..b3ada22cb0cb 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
>> @@ -1679,20 +1679,16 @@ struct folio *f2fs_get_read_data_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>> struct dnode_of_data dn;
>> struct folio *folio;
>> int err;
>> -retry:
>> +
>> folio = f2fs_grab_cache_folio(mapping, index, for_write);
>> if (IS_ERR(folio))
>> return folio;
>>
>> if (folio_test_large(folio)) {
>> - pgoff_t folio_index = mapping_align_index(mapping, index);
>> - unsigned long nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
>> -
>> - f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
>> - invalidate_inode_pages2_range(mapping, folio_index,
>> - folio_index + nr_pages - 1);
>> - f2fs_schedule_timeout(DEFAULT_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
>> - goto retry;
>> + if (!f2fs_ffs_find_or_alloc(folio)) {
>> + err = -ENOMEM;
>> + goto put_err;
>> + }
>> }
>>
>> if (f2fs_lookup_read_extent_cache_block(inode, index,
>> @@ -1728,7 +1724,7 @@ struct folio *f2fs_get_read_data_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>> goto put_err;
>> }
>> got_it:
>> - if (folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
>> + if (f2fs_ffs_test_blk_uptodate(folio, index)) {
>> folio_unlock(folio);
>> return folio;
>> }
>> @@ -1741,9 +1737,11 @@ struct folio *f2fs_get_read_data_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>> * f2fs_init_inode_metadata.
>> */
>> if (dn.data_blkaddr == NEW_ADDR) {
>> - folio_zero_segment(folio, 0, folio_size(folio));
>> - if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio))
>> - folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
>> + size_t offset = offset_in_folio(folio,
>> + (loff_t)index << PAGE_SHIFT);
>> +
>> + folio_zero_segment(folio, offset, offset + PAGE_SIZE);
>> + f2fs_ffs_mark_subrange_uptodate(folio, offset, PAGE_SIZE);
>> folio_unlock(folio);
>> return folio;
>> }
>> @@ -1803,7 +1801,6 @@ struct folio *f2fs_get_lock_data_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>>
>> /* wait for read completion */
>> folio_lock(folio);
>> -
>> if (unlikely(folio->mapping != mapping)) {
>> f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
>> return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
>> @@ -1812,7 +1809,7 @@ struct folio *f2fs_get_lock_data_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>> /*
>> * ffs can be released while the folio was unlocked above. Rebuild it
>> * for a fully uptodate folio; a partially uptodate one cannot be
>> - * rebuilt and will fail the uptodate check below.
>> + * rebuilt and will fail the subpage check below.
>> */
>> if (folio_test_large(folio) && !f2fs_folio_has_ffs(folio)) {
>> if (!f2fs_ffs_find_or_alloc(folio)) {
>> @@ -1821,7 +1818,7 @@ struct folio *f2fs_get_lock_data_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>> }
>> }
>>
>> - if (unlikely(!folio_test_uptodate(folio))) {
>> + if (unlikely(!f2fs_ffs_test_blk_uptodate(folio, index))) {
>> f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
>> return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
>> }
>> @@ -2970,6 +2967,22 @@ static void f2fs_ffs_mark_subrange_uptodate(struct folio *folio, size_t offset,
>> folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
>> }
>>
>> +bool f2fs_ffs_test_blk_dirty(const struct folio *folio, pgoff_t index)
>> +{
>> + struct f2fs_folio_state *ffs;
>> + unsigned int idx, nr_subpages;
>> +
>> + f2fs_bug_on(F2FS_F_SB(folio), !folio_contains(folio, index));
>> +
>> + if (!f2fs_folio_has_ffs(folio))
>> + return folio_test_dirty(folio);
>> +
>> + ffs = (struct f2fs_folio_state *)folio->private;
>> + nr_subpages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
>> + idx = index - folio->index;
>> + return test_bit(nr_subpages + idx, ffs->state);
>> +}
>> +
>> static unsigned int __ffs_mark_subrange_dirty(struct folio *folio,
>> struct f2fs_folio_state *ffs, size_t offset, size_t len)
>> {
>> @@ -3063,7 +3076,6 @@ bool f2fs_ffs_clear_subrange_dirty_and_test(struct folio *folio, size_t offset,
>>
>> return dirty;
>> }
>> -
>> static unsigned int ffs_next_dirty_subpage(struct f2fs_folio_state *ffs,
>> const struct folio *folio, unsigned int start,
>> unsigned int end)
>> @@ -3561,7 +3573,7 @@ bool f2fs_should_update_outplace(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
>> return true;
>>
>> if (fio) {
>> - if (page_private_gcing(fio->page))
>> + if (folio_test_f2fs_gcing(fio->folio))
>> return true;
>> if (unlikely(is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_CP_DISABLED) &&
>> f2fs_is_checkpointed_data(sbi, fio->old_blkaddr)))
>> @@ -3587,8 +3599,11 @@ int f2fs_do_write_data_page(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
>> struct dnode_of_data dn;
>> struct node_info ni;
>> struct f2fs_lock_context lc;
>> + struct f2fs_folio_state *ffs;
>> bool ipu_force = false;
>> bool atomic_commit;
>> + bool pending_added = false;
>> + bool submitted = false;
>> int err = 0;
>>
>> /* Use COW inode to make dnode_of_data for atomic write */
>> @@ -3617,8 +3632,11 @@ int f2fs_do_write_data_page(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> /* Deadlock due to between page->lock and f2fs_lock_op */
>> - if (fio->need_lock == LOCK_REQ && !f2fs_trylock_op(fio->sbi, &lc))
>> + if (fio->need_lock == LOCK_REQ && !f2fs_trylock_op(fio->sbi, &lc)) {
>> + if (!f2fs_ffs_has_dirty_subpage(folio))
>> + folio_clear_f2fs_gcing(folio);
>> return -EAGAIN;
>> + }
>>
>> err = f2fs_get_dnode_of_data(&dn, F2FS_FIO_LBLK(fio),
>> LOOKUP_NODE);
>> @@ -3630,7 +3648,6 @@ int f2fs_do_write_data_page(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
>> /* This page is already truncated */
>> if (fio->old_blkaddr == NULL_ADDR) {
>> folio_clear_uptodate(folio);
>> - folio_clear_f2fs_gcing(folio);
>> goto out_writepage;
>> }
>> got_it:
>> @@ -3680,6 +3697,11 @@ int f2fs_do_write_data_page(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
>> fio->version = ni.version;
>>
>> __folio_start_writeback(folio, folio_test_dirty(folio));
>> + if (f2fs_folio_has_ffs(folio)) {
>> + ffs = (struct f2fs_folio_state *)folio->private;
>> + atomic_inc(&ffs->write_pages_pending);
>> + pending_added = true;
>> + }
>>
>> if (fio->compr_blocks && fio->old_blkaddr == COMPRESS_ADDR)
>> f2fs_i_compr_blocks_update(inode, fio->compr_blocks - 1, false);
>> @@ -3694,6 +3716,7 @@ int f2fs_do_write_data_page(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
>> err = -EIO;
>> goto out_writepage;
>> }
>> + submitted = true;
>> set_inode_flag(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE);
>> if (atomic_commit)
>> folio_clear_f2fs_atomic(folio);
>> @@ -3702,6 +3725,13 @@ int f2fs_do_write_data_page(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
>> out:
>> if (fio->need_lock == LOCK_REQ)
>> f2fs_unlock_op(fio->sbi, &lc);
>> + if (!submitted) {
>> + if (pending_added) {
>> + f2fs_ffs_put_write_pending(folio, 1);
>> + } else if (!f2fs_ffs_has_dirty_subpage(folio)) {
>> + folio_clear_f2fs_gcing(folio);
>
>If f2fs_trylock_op() failed:
>
> if (fio->need_lock == LOCK_RETRY) {
> if (!f2fs_trylock_op(fio->sbi, &lc)) {
> err = -EAGAIN;
> goto out_writepage;
> }
> fio->need_lock = LOCK_REQ;
> }
>
>For order-0 folio, we may loss gcing flag becuase f2fs_ffs_has_dirty_subpage()
>return false?
>

But GC path which calls move_data_page will clear f2fs gcing whatever error code
f2fs_do_write_page returns right? I think we may need to having an parameter,
or some infomation carried in fio to judge whether we call f2fs_do_write_data_page
in gc context?