The patch titled Subject: ext4: convert to folio_create_empty_buffers has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is ext4-convert-to-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/ext4-convert-to-folio_create_empty_buffers.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: ext4: convert to folio_create_empty_buffers Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:10:51 +0100 Remove an unnecessary folio->page->folio conversion and take advantage of the new return value from folio_create_empty_buffers(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231016201114.1928083-5-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 14 +++++--------- fs/ext4/move_extent.c | 11 +++++------ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c~ext4-convert-to-folio_create_empty_buffers +++ a/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -1020,10 +1020,8 @@ static int ext4_block_write_begin(struct BUG_ON(from > to); head = folio_buffers(folio); - if (!head) { - create_empty_buffers(&folio->page, blocksize, 0); - head = folio_buffers(folio); - } + if (!head) + head = folio_create_empty_buffers(folio, blocksize, 0); bbits = ilog2(blocksize); block = (sector_t)folio->index << (PAGE_SHIFT - bbits); @@ -1153,7 +1151,7 @@ retry_grab: * starting the handle. */ if (!folio_buffers(folio)) - create_empty_buffers(&folio->page, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize, 0); + folio_create_empty_buffers(folio, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize, 0); folio_unlock(folio); @@ -3643,10 +3641,8 @@ static int __ext4_block_zero_page_range( iblock = index << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits); bh = folio_buffers(folio); - if (!bh) { - create_empty_buffers(&folio->page, blocksize, 0); - bh = folio_buffers(folio); - } + if (!bh) + bh = folio_create_empty_buffers(folio, blocksize, 0); /* Find the buffer that contains "offset" */ pos = blocksize; --- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c~ext4-convert-to-folio_create_empty_buffers +++ a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c @@ -183,10 +183,8 @@ mext_page_mkuptodate(struct folio *folio blocksize = i_blocksize(inode); head = folio_buffers(folio); - if (!head) { - create_empty_buffers(&folio->page, blocksize, 0); - head = folio_buffers(folio); - } + if (!head) + head = folio_create_empty_buffers(folio, blocksize, 0); block = (sector_t)folio->index << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits); for (bh = head, block_start = 0; bh != head || !block_start; @@ -380,9 +378,10 @@ data_copy: } /* Perform all necessary steps similar write_begin()/write_end() * but keeping in mind that i_size will not change */ - if (!folio_buffers(folio[0])) - create_empty_buffers(&folio[0]->page, 1 << orig_inode->i_blkbits, 0); bh = folio_buffers(folio[0]); + if (!bh) + bh = folio_create_empty_buffers(folio[0], + 1 << orig_inode->i_blkbits, 0); for (i = 0; i < data_offset_in_page; i++) bh = bh->b_this_page; for (i = 0; i < block_len_in_page; i++) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-make-lock_folio_maybe_drop_mmap-vma-lock-aware.patch mm-call-wp_page_copy-under-the-vma-lock.patch mm-handle-shared-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch mm-handle-cow-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch mm-handle-read-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch mm-handle-write-faults-to-ro-pages-under-the-vma-lock.patch iomap-hold-state_lock-over-call-to-ifs_set_range_uptodate.patch iomap-protect-read_bytes_pending-with-the-state_lock.patch mm-add-folio_end_read.patch ext4-use-folio_end_read.patch buffer-use-folio_end_read.patch iomap-use-folio_end_read.patch bitops-add-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch alpha-implement-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch m68k-implement-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch mips-implement-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch powerpc-implement-arch_xor_unlock_is_negative_byte-on-32-bit.patch riscv-implement-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch s390-implement-arch_xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch mm-delete-checks-for-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch mm-add-folio_xor_flags_has_waiters.patch mm-make-__end_folio_writeback-return-void.patch mm-use-folio_xor_flags_has_waiters-in-folio_end_writeback.patch filemap-remove-use-of-wait-bookmarks.patch sched-remove-wait-bookmarks.patch buffer-return-bool-from-grow_dev_folio.patch buffer-make-folio_create_empty_buffers-return-a-buffer_head.patch mpage-convert-map_buffer_to_folio-to-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch ext4-convert-to-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch buffer-add-get_nth_bh.patch gfs2-convert-inode-unstuffing-to-use-a-folio.patch gfs2-convert-gfs2_getbuf-to-folios.patch gfs2-convert-gfs2_getjdatabuf-to-use-a-folio.patch gfs2-convert-gfs2_write_buf_to_page-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_mdt_freeze_buffer-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_grab_buffer-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_copy_page-to-nilfs_copy_folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_mdt_forget_block-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_mdt_get_frozen_buffer-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-remove-nilfs_page_get_nth_block.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers-to-use-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch ntfs-convert-ntfs_read_block-to-use-a-folio.patch ntfs-convert-ntfs_writepage-to-use-a-folio.patch ntfs-convert-ntfs_prepare_pages_for_non_resident_write-to-folios.patch ntfs3-convert-ntfs_zero_range-to-use-a-folio.patch ocfs2-convert-ocfs2_map_page_blocks-to-use-a-folio.patch reiserfs-convert-writepage-to-use-a-folio.patch ufs-add-ufs_get_locked_folio-and-ufs_put_locked_folio.patch ufs-use-ufs_get_locked_folio-in-ufs_alloc_lastblock.patch ufs-convert-ufs_change_blocknr-to-use-folios.patch ufs-remove-ufs_get_locked_page.patch buffer-remove-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch