From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> In order to cache hole extents in the extent status tree and keep the hole length as long as possible, re-add a hole entry to the cache just after punching a hole. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 142c67f5c7fc..1b5e6409f958 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -4000,12 +4000,12 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length) /* If there are blocks to remove, do it */ if (stop_block > first_block) { + ext4_lblk_t hole_len = stop_block - first_block; down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0); - ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, first_block, - stop_block - first_block); + ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, first_block, hole_len); if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS)) ret = ext4_ext_remove_space(inode, first_block, @@ -4014,6 +4014,8 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length) ret = ext4_ind_remove_space(handle, inode, first_block, stop_block); + ext4_es_insert_extent(inode, first_block, hole_len, ~0, + EXTENT_STATUS_HOLE); up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); } ext4_fc_track_range(handle, inode, first_block, stop_block); -- 2.39.2