[PATCH 16/20] f2fs: preserve inline data in subpage block mode
From: Daeho Jeong
Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 14:58:01 EST
From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
A write to an inline inode converted it to a regular inode whenever the
folio held multiple blocks, allocating a block even for small files.
Convert only when the write goes beyond MAX_INLINE_DATA; otherwise read
the inline data into the folio and write it back to the inode block in
f2fs_write_cache_folios().
Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/data.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 4e4d1b0d6004..a7cc7231b572 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -4732,6 +4732,21 @@ static int f2fs_write_cache_folios(struct address_space *mapping,
}
}
+ if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+ err = f2fs_write_inline_data(inode, folio);
+ if (!err) {
+ f2fs_ffs_clear_subrange_dirty_and_test(folio, 0,
+ folio_size(folio));
+ inode_sub_dirty_blocks(inode, f2fs_blocks_per_folio(sbi, folio));
+ goto retry_out;
+ }
+ if (err != -EAGAIN) {
+ folio_redirty_for_writepage(wbc, folio);
+ goto retry_out;
+ }
+ err = 0;
+ }
+
folio_start_writeback(folio);
/*
@@ -4913,8 +4928,7 @@ static int __f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
account_writeback(inode, true);
blk_start_plug(&plug);
- if (f2fs_has_multiblock_folios(inode) &&
- !f2fs_has_inline_data(inode))
+ if (f2fs_has_multiblock_folios(inode))
ret = f2fs_write_cache_folios(mapping, wbc, io_type);
else
ret = f2fs_write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, io_type);
@@ -4981,6 +4995,16 @@ void f2fs_write_failed(struct inode *inode, loff_t to)
}
}
+/* Fill @folio from the inline data for a write within the inline area */
+static void prepare_inline_write_begin(struct inode *inode,
+ struct folio *folio, struct f2fs_cached_block *ientry)
+{
+ f2fs_do_read_inline_data(folio, ientry);
+ set_inode_flag(inode, FI_DATA_EXIST);
+ if (inode->i_nlink)
+ f2fs_cache_set_inline(ientry);
+}
+
static int prepare_write_begin(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned int len,
block_t *blk_addr, bool *node_changed)
@@ -5034,10 +5058,7 @@ static int prepare_write_begin(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode)) {
if (pos + len <= MAX_INLINE_DATA(inode)) {
- f2fs_do_read_inline_data(folio, ientry);
- set_inode_flag(inode, FI_DATA_EXIST);
- if (inode->i_nlink)
- f2fs_cache_set_inline(ientry);
+ prepare_inline_write_begin(inode, folio, ientry);
goto out;
}
err = f2fs_convert_inline_folio(&dn, folio);
@@ -5454,7 +5475,8 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(const struct kiocb *iocb,
* and #0 page. The locking rule for inline_data conversion should be:
* folio_lock(folio #0) -> folio_lock(inode_page)
*/
- if (index != 0 || f2fs_has_subpage_blocks(sbi)) {
+ if (index != 0 || (f2fs_has_subpage_blocks(sbi) &&
+ pos + len > MAX_INLINE_DATA(inode))) {
err = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode);
if (err)
goto fail;
@@ -5510,6 +5532,23 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(const struct kiocb *iocb,
blen = min_t(unsigned int, len,
folio_size(folio) - offset_in_folio(folio, pos));
+ if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode) && f2fs_is_multiblock_folio(sbi, folio)) {
+ struct f2fs_lock_context lc;
+ struct f2fs_cached_block *ientry;
+
+ f2fs_map_lock(sbi, &lc, F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_AIO);
+ ientry = f2fs_get_inode_cache(sbi, inode->i_ino);
+ if (IS_ERR(ientry)) {
+ f2fs_map_unlock(sbi, &lc, F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_AIO);
+ err = PTR_ERR(ientry);
+ goto put_folio;
+ }
+ prepare_inline_write_begin(inode, folio, ientry);
+ f2fs_put_cache(ientry, true);
+ f2fs_map_unlock(sbi, &lc, F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_AIO);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/*
* Flush the cached IO of this folio before touching it, especially
* for the large folio prepare below which reads and updates subpage
@@ -5618,7 +5657,8 @@ static int f2fs_write_end(const struct kiocb *iocb,
if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
if (unlikely(copied != len)) {
copied = 0;
- } else if (f2fs_is_multiblock_folio(F2FS_I_SB(inode), folio)) {
+ } else if (f2fs_is_multiblock_folio(F2FS_I_SB(inode), folio) &&
+ !f2fs_has_inline_data(inode)) {
f2fs_ffs_mark_subrange_uptodate(folio,
offset_in_folio(folio, pos), len);
} else {
@@ -5645,7 +5685,8 @@ static int f2fs_write_end(const struct kiocb *iocb,
if (!copied)
goto unlock_out;
- if (f2fs_is_multiblock_folio(F2FS_I_SB(inode), folio))
+ if (f2fs_is_multiblock_folio(F2FS_I_SB(inode), folio) &&
+ !f2fs_has_inline_data(inode))
f2fs_ffs_mark_subrange_dirty(folio, offset_in_folio(folio, pos),
copied);
folio_mark_dirty(folio);
--
2.56.0.317.g454f8302e1-goog