The patch titled Subject: buffer: convert block_truncate_page() to use a folio has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is buffer-convert-block_truncate_page-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/buffer-convert-block_truncate_page-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: buffer: convert block_truncate_page() to use a folio Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:01:41 +0100 Support large folios in block_truncate_page() and avoid three hidden calls to compound_head(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230612210141.730128-15-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/buffer.c | 28 +++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) --- a/fs/buffer.c~buffer-convert-block_truncate_page-to-use-a-folio +++ a/fs/buffer.c @@ -2598,17 +2598,16 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_s loff_t from, get_block_t *get_block) { pgoff_t index = from >> PAGE_SHIFT; - unsigned offset = from & (PAGE_SIZE-1); unsigned blocksize; sector_t iblock; - unsigned length, pos; + size_t offset, length, pos; struct inode *inode = mapping->host; - struct page *page; + struct folio *folio; struct buffer_head *bh; int err = 0; blocksize = i_blocksize(inode); - length = offset & (blocksize - 1); + length = from & (blocksize - 1); /* Block boundary? Nothing to do */ if (!length) @@ -2617,15 +2616,18 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_s length = blocksize - length; iblock = (sector_t)index << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits); - page = grab_cache_page(mapping, index); - if (!page) + folio = filemap_grab_folio(mapping, index); + if (!folio) return -ENOMEM; - if (!page_has_buffers(page)) - create_empty_buffers(page, blocksize, 0); + bh = folio_buffers(folio); + if (!bh) { + folio_create_empty_buffers(folio, blocksize, 0); + bh = folio_buffers(folio); + } /* Find the buffer that contains "offset" */ - bh = page_buffers(page); + offset = offset_in_folio(folio, from); pos = blocksize; while (offset >= pos) { bh = bh->b_this_page; @@ -2644,7 +2646,7 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_s } /* Ok, it's mapped. Make sure it's up-to-date */ - if (PageUptodate(page)) + if (folio_test_uptodate(folio)) set_buffer_uptodate(bh); if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_delay(bh) && !buffer_unwritten(bh)) { @@ -2654,12 +2656,12 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_s goto unlock; } - zero_user(page, offset, length); + folio_zero_range(folio, offset, length); mark_buffer_dirty(bh); unlock: - unlock_page(page); - put_page(page); + folio_unlock(folio); + folio_put(folio); return err; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are gfs2-use-a-folio-inside-gfs2_jdata_writepage.patch gfs2-pass-a-folio-to-__gfs2_jdata_write_folio.patch gfs2-convert-gfs2_write_jdata_page-to-gfs2_write_jdata_folio.patch buffer-convert-__block_write_full_page-to-__block_write_full_folio.patch gfs2-support-ludicrously-large-folios-in-gfs2_trans_add_databufs.patch buffer-make-block_write_full_page-handle-large-folios-correctly.patch buffer-convert-block_page_mkwrite-to-use-a-folio.patch buffer-convert-__block_commit_write-to-take-a-folio.patch buffer-convert-page_zero_new_buffers-to-folio_zero_new_buffers.patch buffer-convert-grow_dev_page-to-use-a-folio.patch buffer-convert-init_page_buffers-to-folio_init_buffers.patch buffer-convert-link_dev_buffers-to-take-a-folio.patch buffer-use-a-folio-in-__find_get_block_slow.patch buffer-convert-block_truncate_page-to-use-a-folio.patch