The patch titled Subject: shmem: convert shmem_write_end() to use a folio has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: shmem: convert shmem_write_end() to use a folio Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:10:31 +0000 Use a folio internally to shmem_write_end() which saves a number of calls to compound_head() and lets us get rid of the custom code to zero out the rest of a THP and supports folios of arbitrary size. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230112131031.1209553-1-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/shmem.c | 30 ++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) --- a/mm/shmem.c~shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio +++ a/mm/shmem.c @@ -2578,33 +2578,23 @@ shmem_write_end(struct file *file, struc loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied, struct page *page, void *fsdata) { + struct folio *folio = page_folio(page); struct inode *inode = mapping->host; if (pos + copied > inode->i_size) i_size_write(inode, pos + copied); - if (!PageUptodate(page)) { - struct page *head = compound_head(page); - if (PageTransCompound(page)) { - int i; - - for (i = 0; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++) { - if (head + i == page) - continue; - clear_highpage(head + i); - flush_dcache_page(head + i); - } - } - if (copied < PAGE_SIZE) { - unsigned from = pos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1); - zero_user_segments(page, 0, from, - from + copied, PAGE_SIZE); + if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) { + if (copied < folio_size(folio)) { + size_t from = offset_in_folio(folio, pos); + folio_zero_segments(folio, 0, from, + from + copied, folio_size(folio)); } - SetPageUptodate(head); + folio_mark_uptodate(folio); } - set_page_dirty(page); - unlock_page(page); - put_page(page); + folio_mark_dirty(folio); + folio_unlock(folio); + folio_put(folio); return copied; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are buffer-add-b_folio-as-an-alias-of-b_page.patch buffer-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch buffer-use-b_folio-in-touch_buffer.patch buffer-use-b_folio-in-end_buffer_async_read.patch buffer-use-b_folio-in-end_buffer_async_write.patch page_io-remove-buffer_head-include.patch buffer-use-b_folio-in-mark_buffer_dirty.patch gfs2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch jbd2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch nilfs2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch reiserfs-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch mpage-use-b_folio-in-do_mpage_readpage.patch mm-memcg-add-folio_memcg_check.patch mm-remove-folio_pincount_ptr-and-head_compound_pincount.patch mm-convert-head_subpages_mapcount-into-folio_nr_pages_mapped.patch doc-clarify-refcount-section-by-referring-to-folios-pages.patch mm-convert-total_compound_mapcount-to-folio_total_mapcount.patch mm-convert-page_remove_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch mm-convert-page_add_anon_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch mm-convert-page_add_file_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch mm-add-folio_add_new_anon_rmap.patch mm-add-folio_add_new_anon_rmap-fix-2.patch page_alloc-use-folio-fields-directly.patch mm-use-a-folio-in-hugepage_add_anon_rmap-and-hugepage_add_new_anon_rmap.patch mm-use-entire_mapcount-in-__page_dup_rmap.patch mm-debug-remove-call-to-head_compound_mapcount.patch hugetlb-remove-uses-of-folio_mapcount_ptr.patch mm-convert-page_mapcount-to-use-folio_entire_mapcount.patch mm-remove-head_compound_mapcount-and-_ptr-functions.patch mm-reimplement-compound_order.patch mm-reimplement-compound_nr.patch mm-convert-set_compound_page_dtor-and-set_compound_order-to-folios.patch mm-convert-is_transparent_hugepage-to-use-a-folio.patch mm-convert-destroy_large_folio-to-use-folio_dtor.patch hugetlb-remove-uses-of-compound_dtor-and-compound_nr.patch mm-remove-first-tail-page-members-from-struct-page.patch doc-correct-struct-folio-kernel-doc.patch mm-move-page-deferred_list-to-folio-_deferred_list.patch mm-huge_memory-remove-page_deferred_list.patch mm-huge_memory-convert-get_deferred_split_queue-to-take-a-folio.patch mm-convert-deferred_split_huge_page-to-deferred_split_folio.patch shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch