[PATCH v2 2/7] exfat: advance valid_size while zeroing new ranges

From: Chi Zhiling

Date: Mon Oct 12 2026 - 23:43:19 EST


From: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>

valid_size is currently updated only after the range has been zeroed, so
it lags the folios that were just marked uptodate and dirty.

Advance it from exfat_prepare_valid_range() page by page, under the folio
lock and right after each folio is marked dirty; the same helper advances
zeroed_size and dirties the inode once the range is prepared.

Signed-off-by: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exfat/file.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exfat/file.c b/fs/exfat/file.c
index dc6df0b73373..6f7b50c7a075 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/file.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/file.c
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ static int exfat_prepare_valid_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t start,
loff_t end)
{
struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+ struct exfat_inode_info *ei = EXFAT_I(inode);
loff_t next, pos = start;
struct folio *folio;
pgoff_t index;
@@ -744,12 +745,21 @@ static int exfat_prepare_valid_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t start,
folio_lock(folio);
if (folio->mapping == mapping) {
folio_mark_dirty(folio);
+ exfat_advance_valid_size(ei, next);
pos = next;
}
folio_unlock(folio);
folio_put(folio);
}

+ /*
+ * Track zeroed_size by block, not page, because writeback stops
+ * at i_size recording blocks wholly beyond it could skip a
+ * later required zeroing.
+ */
+ exfat_advance_zeroed_size(ei, round_up(next, i_blocksize(inode)));
+ mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
return 0;
}

@@ -794,11 +804,6 @@ static int exfat_extend_valid_size(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_valid_size)
filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
return ret;
}
-
- exfat_set_valid_size(ei, new_valid_size);
- exfat_advance_zeroed_size(ei,
- round_up(new_valid_size, i_blocksize(inode)));
- mark_inode_dirty(inode);
}

return ret;
@@ -962,6 +967,7 @@ static vm_fault_t exfat_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
struct exfat_inode_info *ei = EXFAT_I(inode);
vm_fault_t ret;
loff_t new_valid_size, mmap_valid_size, fault_page_start;
+ bool dirty = false;

if (!inode_trylock(inode))
return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
@@ -988,16 +994,7 @@ static vm_fault_t exfat_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
return vmf_fs_error(err);
}
}
-
- /*
- * Track zeroed_size by block, not page, because writeback stops
- * at i_size recording blocks wholly beyond it could skip a
- * later required zeroing.
- */
- exfat_advance_zeroed_size(ei,
- round_up(new_valid_size, i_blocksize(inode)));
- exfat_set_valid_size(ei, new_valid_size);
- mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+ dirty = true;
}

sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
@@ -1005,6 +1002,13 @@ static vm_fault_t exfat_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)

filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(inode->i_mapping);
ret = iomap_page_mkwrite(vmf, &exfat_iomap_ops, NULL);
+ if (ret == VM_FAULT_LOCKED && dirty) {
+ exfat_advance_valid_size(ei, new_valid_size);
+ exfat_advance_zeroed_size(ei,
+ round_up(new_valid_size, i_blocksize(inode)));
+ mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+ }
+
filemap_invalidate_unlock_shared(inode->i_mapping);
sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
inode_unlock(inode);
--
2.53.0