Re: [PATCH v2 10/14] f2fs: handle partial truncate of large folio dirty subpages
From: Chao Yu
Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 04:44:06 EST
On 9/15/26 12:19, Nanzhe Zhao wrote:
> A large folio can be partial truncated and stays in folio mapping, we
> need to clear the subrange dirty bits and uptodate bits that the partial
> truncate covers. If this partial truncate happens to clear the last
> subrange dirty bits, then cancel the whole folio dirty state.
>
> Also add a guard in f2fs_write_single_data_folio() so a large folio
> subpage whose disk block was already truncated (NULL_ADDR) is skipped
>
> Signed-off-by: Nanzhe Zhao <zhaonanzhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/f2fs/data.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> index d9e3a5c370d7..bf9b9c9b722f 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> @@ -2679,6 +2679,34 @@ static void f2fs_ffs_mark_subrange_uptodate(struct folio *folio, size_t offset,
> folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
> }
>
> +static void ffs_clear_subrange_uptodate(struct folio *folio,
> + size_t offset, size_t len)
> +{
> + struct f2fs_folio_state *ffs;
> + unsigned int nr_subpages, start, end;
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + f2fs_bug_on(F2FS_F_SB(folio), offset + len > folio_size(folio));
> +
> + if (!f2fs_folio_has_ffs(folio)) {
> + if (folio_test_uptodate(folio))
> + folio_clear_uptodate(folio);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + ffs = (struct f2fs_folio_state *)folio->private;
> + nr_subpages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
> + start = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> + end = (offset + len + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> + end = min(end, nr_subpages);
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&ffs->state_lock, flags);
> + bitmap_clear(ffs->state, start, end - start);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ffs->state_lock, flags);
> + if (folio_test_uptodate(folio))
> + folio_clear_uptodate(folio);
> +}
> +
> bool f2fs_ffs_test_blk_dirty(const struct folio *folio, pgoff_t index)
> {
> struct f2fs_folio_state *ffs;
> @@ -3545,6 +3573,14 @@ static int f2fs_write_single_data_folio(struct folio *folio, int *submitted,
>
> fio.old_blkaddr = dn.data_blkaddr;
>
> + /* This page is already truncated */
> + if (fio.old_blkaddr == NULL_ADDR) {
> + ffs_clear_subrange_uptodate(folio,
> + i << PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SIZE);
> + folio_clear_f2fs_gcing(folio);
Since gcing flag is per-folio, so if block #0 is on gcing, but block #1 is
truncated, it will drop on gcing flag of folio, result in triggering IPU on
such dirtied block of large folio? also it will affect f2fs_is_cp_guaranteed()?
Thanks,
> + goto block_done;
> + }
> +
> got_it:
> if (__is_valid_data_blkaddr(fio.old_blkaddr) &&
> !f2fs_is_valid_blkaddr(sbi, fio.old_blkaddr,
> @@ -4987,8 +5023,36 @@ void f2fs_invalidate_folio(struct folio *folio, size_t offset, size_t length)
> struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
>
> if (inode->i_ino >= F2FS_ROOT_INO(sbi) &&
> - (offset || length != folio_size(folio)))
> + (offset || length != folio_size(folio))) {
> + size_t clear_start = round_up(offset, PAGE_SIZE);
> + size_t clear_end = round_down(offset + length, PAGE_SIZE);
> + size_t clear_length;
> + bool dirty;
> +
> + /*
> + * If the truncated range falls within a single subpage, no
> + * subpage state needs to be cleared.
> + */
> + if (clear_start >= clear_end || !f2fs_folio_has_ffs(folio))
> + return;
> +
> + clear_length = clear_end - clear_start;
> + dirty = f2fs_ffs_clear_subrange_dirty_and_test(folio,
> + clear_start, clear_length);
> + ffs_clear_subrange_uptodate(folio, clear_start, clear_length);
> +
> + /*
> + * If the truncated subrange happens to clear the remaining
> + * dirty bitmap of the whole folio, cancel the folio-level
> + * dirty state.
> + */
> + if (!dirty && folio_test_dirty(folio)) {
> + inode_dec_dirty_pages(inode);
> + f2fs_remove_dirty_inode(inode);
> + folio_cancel_dirty(folio);
> + }
> return;
> + }
>
> if (folio_test_dirty(folio)) {
> if (inode->i_ino == F2FS_META_INO(sbi)) {