[PATCH 05/20] f2fs: convert inode dirty page counters to dirty block counters

From: Daeho Jeong

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 16:35:50 EST


From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>

The per-inode dirty counter is compared against block based thresholds
such as min_fsync_blocks and BLKS_PER_SEG, so with subpage blocks it
has to count blocks instead of pages. Rename it to dirty_blocks, make
its helpers take block counts, and convert to pages where it is
compared with page based values. The conversions are no-ops when the
block size equals PAGE_SIZE.

Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 4 ++--
fs/f2fs/data.c | 13 +++++++------
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 36 +++++++++++++++++-------------------
fs/f2fs/file.c | 16 ++++++++--------
fs/f2fs/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/f2fs/node.c | 3 ++-
fs/f2fs/super.c | 2 +-
7 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 158d97fc349a..1060ee651756 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ static void __remove_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, enum inode_type type)
{
int flag = (type == DIR_INODE) ? FI_DIRTY_DIR : FI_DIRTY_FILE;

- if (get_dirty_pages(inode) || !is_inode_flag_set(inode, flag))
+ if (get_dirty_blocks(inode) || !is_inode_flag_set(inode, flag))
return;

list_del_init(&F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_list);
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ static void __remove_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, enum inode_type type)
}

/*
- * Account @nr dirty pages (negative when dirtiness is cleared) for @inode.
+ * Account @nr dirty blocks (negative when dirtiness is cleared) for @inode.
*/
void f2fs_account_dirty_blocks(struct inode *inode, int nr)
{
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index e983b59e4a65..f2254e872a3d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -4282,7 +4282,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,

folio_batch_init(&fbatch);

- if (get_dirty_pages(mapping->host) <=
+ if (get_dirty_blocks(mapping->host) <=
SM_I(F2FS_M_SB(mapping))->min_hot_blocks)
set_inode_flag(mapping->host, FI_HOT_DATA);
else
@@ -4527,7 +4527,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_cache_folios(struct address_space *mapping,
bool op_locked = false;
bool retry = false;

- if (get_dirty_pages(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_hot_blocks)
+ if (get_dirty_blocks(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_hot_blocks)
set_inode_flag(inode, FI_HOT_DATA);
else
clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_HOT_DATA);
@@ -4791,7 +4791,7 @@ static inline bool __should_serialize_io(struct inode *inode,
return true;
if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
return true;
- if (get_dirty_pages(inode) >= SM_I(F2FS_I_SB(inode))->min_seq_blocks)
+ if (get_dirty_blocks(inode) >= SM_I(F2FS_I_SB(inode))->min_seq_blocks)
return true;
return false;
}
@@ -4830,7 +4830,7 @@ static int __f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
bool locked = false;

/* skip writing if there is no dirty page in this inode */
- if (!get_dirty_pages(inode) && wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
+ if (!get_dirty_blocks(inode) && wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
return 0;

/* during POR, we don't need to trigger writepage at all. */
@@ -4839,7 +4839,7 @@ static int __f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,

if ((S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || IS_NOQUOTA(inode)) &&
wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE &&
- get_dirty_pages(inode) < nr_caches_to_skip(sbi, DATA) &&
+ get_dirty_blocks(inode) < nr_caches_to_skip(sbi, DATA) &&
f2fs_available_free_memory(sbi, DIRTY_DENTS))
goto skip_write;

@@ -4898,7 +4898,8 @@ static int __f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
return ret;

skip_write:
- wbc->pages_skipped += get_dirty_pages(inode);
+ wbc->pages_skipped += get_dirty_blocks(inode) >>
+ F2FS_LOG_BLKS_PER_PAGE(sbi);
update_skipped_write(sbi, wbc);
trace_f2fs_writepages(mapping->host, wbc, DATA);
return 0;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 3822824326d7..bc67416a6663 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ struct f2fs_inode_info {
unsigned long flags[BITS_TO_LONGS(FI_MAX)]; /* use to pass per-file flags */
unsigned int ioprio_hint; /* hint for IO priority */
struct f2fs_rwsem i_sem; /* protect fi info */
- atomic_t dirty_pages; /* # of dirty pages */
+ atomic_t dirty_blocks; /* # of dirty blocks */
f2fs_hash_t chash; /* hash value of given file name */
unsigned int clevel; /* maximum level of given file name */
struct task_struct *task; /* lookup and create consistency */
@@ -2336,6 +2336,8 @@ static inline unsigned int f2fs_blocks_per_folio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
return folio_size(folio) >> sbi->log_blocksize;
}

+#define F2FS_LOG_BLKS_PER_PAGE(sbi) (PAGE_SHIFT - (sbi)->log_blocksize)
+
static inline bool f2fs_has_subpage_blocks(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
{
return F2FS_BLKSIZE(sbi) < PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -2979,40 +2981,36 @@ static inline void dec_cache_count(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int count_type)
sub_cache_counts(sbi, count_type, 1);
}

-/*
- * Account @nr dirty pages for @inode; one page is
- * (PAGE_SIZE >> log_blocksize) filesystem blocks.
- */
-static inline void inode_add_dirty_blocks(struct inode *inode, int nr)
+static inline void inode_add_dirty_blocks(struct inode *inode,
+ unsigned int nr_blocks)
{
struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
- int blocks = nr * (PAGE_SIZE >> sbi->log_blocksize);

- atomic_add(blocks, &F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_pages);
+ atomic_add(nr_blocks, &F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_blocks);
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
- add_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS, blocks);
+ add_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS, nr_blocks);
else
- add_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA, blocks);
+ add_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA, nr_blocks);
if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
- add_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_QDATA, blocks);
+ add_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_QDATA, nr_blocks);
}

-static inline void inode_sub_dirty_blocks(struct inode *inode, int nr)
+static inline void inode_sub_dirty_blocks(struct inode *inode,
+ unsigned int nr_blocks)
{
struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
- int blocks = nr * (PAGE_SIZE >> sbi->log_blocksize);

if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
return;

- atomic_sub(blocks, &F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_pages);
+ atomic_sub(nr_blocks, &F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_blocks);
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
- sub_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS, blocks);
+ sub_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS, nr_blocks);
else
- sub_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA, blocks);
+ sub_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA, nr_blocks);
if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
- sub_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_QDATA, blocks);
+ sub_cache_counts(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_QDATA, nr_blocks);
}

static inline void inode_inc_dirty_block(struct inode *inode)
@@ -3052,9 +3050,9 @@ static inline s64 get_nr_caches(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int count_type)
return atomic_read(&sbi->nr_caches[count_type]);
}

-static inline int get_dirty_pages(struct inode *inode)
+static inline int get_dirty_blocks(struct inode *inode)
{
- return atomic_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_pages);
+ return atomic_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_blocks);
}

static inline int get_blocktype_secs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int block_type)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index e339cfd84b27..97c052b98559 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
goto go_write;

/* if fdatasync is triggered, let's do in-place-update */
- if (datasync || get_dirty_pages(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_fsync_blocks)
+ if (datasync || get_dirty_blocks(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_fsync_blocks)
set_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEED_IPU);
ret = file_write_and_wait_range(file, start, end);
clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEED_IPU);
@@ -2495,9 +2495,9 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp, bool truncate)
* Should wait end_io to count F2FS_WB_CP_DATA correctly by
* f2fs_is_atomic_file.
*/
- if (get_dirty_pages(inode))
- f2fs_warn(sbi, "Unexpected flush for atomic writes: ino=%llu, npages=%u",
- inode->i_ino, get_dirty_pages(inode));
+ if (get_dirty_blocks(inode))
+ f2fs_warn(sbi, "Unexpected flush for atomic writes: ino=%llu, nblocks=%u",
+ inode->i_ino, get_dirty_blocks(inode));
ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, LLONG_MAX);
if (ret)
goto out_unlock;
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp, bool truncate)
F2FS_I(fi->cow_inode)->atomic_inode = inode;
} else {
/* Reuse the already created COW inode */
- f2fs_bug_on(sbi, get_dirty_pages(fi->cow_inode));
+ f2fs_bug_on(sbi, get_dirty_blocks(fi->cow_inode));

invalidate_mapping_pages(fi->cow_inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);

@@ -4877,7 +4877,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_set_compress_option(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
goto out;
}

- if (f2fs_is_mmap_file(inode) || get_dirty_pages(inode)) {
+ if (f2fs_is_mmap_file(inode) || get_dirty_blocks(inode)) {
ret = -EBUSY;
goto out;
}
@@ -5033,7 +5033,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_decompress_file(struct file *filp)
if (ret < 0)
break;

- if (get_dirty_pages(inode) >= BLKS_PER_SEG(sbi)) {
+ if (get_dirty_blocks(inode) >= BLKS_PER_SEG(sbi)) {
ret = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
if (ret < 0)
break;
@@ -5123,7 +5123,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_compress_file(struct file *filp)
if (ret < 0)
break;

- if (get_dirty_pages(inode) >= BLKS_PER_SEG(sbi)) {
+ if (get_dirty_blocks(inode) >= BLKS_PER_SEG(sbi)) {
ret = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
if (ret < 0)
break;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index f5a4dac98ef2..5c6a64b31b05 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ static void f2fs_pre_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
test_opt(sbi, COMPRESS_CACHE) && f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
f2fs_invalidate_compress_pages(sbi, inode->i_ino);

- f2fs_bug_on(sbi, get_dirty_pages(inode));
+ f2fs_bug_on(sbi, get_dirty_blocks(inode));
f2fs_remove_dirty_inode(inode);
f2fs_remove_donate_inode(inode);

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index e53871f32c35..cb8affb2c1e0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ bool f2fs_available_free_memory(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
} else if (type == DIRTY_DENTS) {
if (bdi_wb_dirty_exceeded(sbi->sb->s_bdi))
return false;
- mem_size = get_nr_caches(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS);
+ mem_size = get_nr_caches(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS) >>
+ F2FS_LOG_BLKS_PER_PAGE(sbi);
res = mem_size < ((avail_ram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 1);
} else if (type == INO_ENTRIES) {
int i;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index f34558b661eb..fa74564adcfb 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
init_once((void *) fi);

/* Initialize f2fs-specific inode info */
- atomic_set(&fi->dirty_pages, 0);
+ atomic_set(&fi->dirty_blocks, 0);
atomic_set(&fi->i_compr_blocks, 0);
atomic_set(&fi->open_count, 0);
atomic_set(&fi->writeback, 0);
--
2.56.0.317.g454f8302e1-goog