[PATCH v4 01/13] ext4: add did_zero output parameter to ext4_block_zero_page_range()

From: Zhang Yi

Date: Fri Mar 27 2026 - 06:50:54 EST


From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add a bool *did_zero output parameter to ext4_block_zero_page_range()
and __ext4_block_zero_page_range(). The parameter reports whether a
partial block was zeroed out, which is needed for the upcoming iomap
buffered I/O conversion.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index af6d1759c8de..1c9474d5d11d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4003,7 +4003,8 @@ void ext4_set_aops(struct inode *inode)
* racing writeback can come later and flush the stale pagecache to disk.
*/
static int __ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle_t *handle,
- struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from, loff_t length)
+ struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from, loff_t length,
+ bool *did_zero)
{
unsigned int offset, blocksize, pos;
ext4_lblk_t iblock;
@@ -4091,6 +4092,8 @@ static int __ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle_t *handle,
err = ext4_jbd2_inode_add_write(handle, inode, from,
length);
}
+ if (!err && did_zero)
+ *did_zero = true;

unlock:
folio_unlock(folio);
@@ -4106,7 +4109,8 @@ static int __ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle_t *handle,
* that corresponds to 'from'
*/
static int ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle_t *handle,
- struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from, loff_t length)
+ struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from, loff_t length,
+ bool *did_zero)
{
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
unsigned blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
@@ -4120,10 +4124,11 @@ static int ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle_t *handle,
length = max;

if (IS_DAX(inode)) {
- return dax_zero_range(inode, from, length, NULL,
+ return dax_zero_range(inode, from, length, did_zero,
&ext4_iomap_ops);
}
- return __ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping, from, length);
+ return __ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping, from, length,
+ did_zero);
}

/*
@@ -4146,7 +4151,7 @@ static int ext4_block_truncate_page(handle_t *handle,
blocksize = i_blocksize(inode);
length = blocksize - (from & (blocksize - 1));

- return ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping, from, length);
+ return ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping, from, length, NULL);
}

int ext4_zero_partial_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
@@ -4169,13 +4174,13 @@ int ext4_zero_partial_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
if (start == end &&
(partial_start || (partial_end != sb->s_blocksize - 1))) {
err = ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping,
- lstart, length);
+ lstart, length, NULL);
return err;
}
/* Handle partial zero out on the start of the range */
if (partial_start) {
- err = ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping,
- lstart, sb->s_blocksize);
+ err = ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping, lstart,
+ sb->s_blocksize, NULL);
if (err)
return err;
}
@@ -4183,7 +4188,7 @@ int ext4_zero_partial_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
if (partial_end != sb->s_blocksize - 1)
err = ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping,
byte_end - partial_end,
- partial_end + 1);
+ partial_end + 1, NULL);
return err;
}

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2.52.0