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From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, jack@suse.cz,
	ojaswin@linux.ibm.com, ritesh.list@gmail.com, hch@infradead.org,
	djwong@kernel.org, yi.zhang@huawei.com, yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com,
	yizhang089@gmail.com, libaokun1@huawei.com, yangerkun@huawei.com,
	yukuai@fnnas.com
Subject: [PATCH -next v2 07/22] ext4: move ext4_block_zero_page_range() out of an active handle
Date: Tue,  3 Feb 2026 14:25:07 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260203062523.3869120-8-yi.zhang@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260203062523.3869120-1-yi.zhang@huawei.com>

In the cases of truncating up and beyond EOF with fallocate, since
truncating down, buffered writeback, and DIO write operations have
guaranteed that the on-disk data has been zeroed, only the data in
memory needs to be zeroed out. Therefore, it is safe to move the call to
ext4_block_zero_page_range() outside the active handle.

In the case of a partial zero range and a partial punch hole, the entire
operation does not require atomicity guarantees. Therefore, it is also
safe to move the ext4_block_zero_page_range() call outside the active
handle.

This change prepares for converting the block zero range to the iomap
infrastructure. The folio lock will be held during the zeroing process.
Since the iomap iteration process always holds the folio lock before
starting a new handle, we need to ensure that the folio lock is not held
while an active handle is in use; otherwise, a potential deadlock may
occur.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c | 31 ++++++++++++-------------------
 fs/ext4/inode.c   | 33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 953bf8945bda..afe92e58ca8d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4625,11 +4625,6 @@ static int ext4_alloc_file_blocks(struct file *file, ext4_lblk_t offset,
 			if (ext4_update_inode_size(inode, epos) & 0x1)
 				inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode,
 						      inode_get_ctime(inode));
-			if (epos > old_size) {
-				pagecache_isize_extended(inode, old_size, epos);
-				ext4_zero_partial_blocks(inode, old_size,
-						epos - old_size);
-			}
 		}
 		ret2 = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
@@ -4638,6 +4633,11 @@ static int ext4_alloc_file_blocks(struct file *file, ext4_lblk_t offset,
 		if (unlikely(ret2))
 			break;
 
+		if (new_size && epos > old_size) {
+			pagecache_isize_extended(inode, old_size, epos);
+			ext4_zero_partial_blocks(inode, old_size,
+						 epos - old_size);
+		}
 		if (alloc_zero &&
 		    (map.m_flags & (EXT4_MAP_MAPPED | EXT4_MAP_UNWRITTEN))) {
 			ret2 = ext4_issue_zeroout(inode, map.m_lblk, map.m_pblk,
@@ -4673,7 +4673,7 @@ static long ext4_zero_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
 	ext4_lblk_t start_lblk, end_lblk;
 	unsigned int blocksize = i_blocksize(inode);
 	unsigned int blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
-	int ret, flags, credits;
+	int ret, flags;
 
 	trace_ext4_zero_range(inode, offset, len, mode);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_is_locked(inode));
@@ -4731,25 +4731,18 @@ static long ext4_zero_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
 	if (IS_ALIGNED(offset | end, blocksize))
 		return ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * In worst case we have to writeout two nonadjacent unwritten
-	 * blocks and update the inode
-	 */
-	credits = (2 * ext4_ext_index_trans_blocks(inode, 2)) + 1;
-	if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
-		credits += 2;
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MISC, credits);
+	/* Zero out partial block at the edges of the range */
+	ret = ext4_zero_partial_blocks(inode, offset, len);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MISC, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* Zero out partial block at the edges of the range */
-	ret = ext4_zero_partial_blocks(inode, offset, len);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_handle;
-
 	if (new_size)
 		ext4_update_inode_size(inode, new_size);
 	ret = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index e67c750866a5..9c0e70256527 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4456,8 +4456,12 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = ext4_zero_partial_blocks(inode, offset, length);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
-		credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 2);
+		credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 0);
 	else
 		credits = ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode);
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
@@ -4467,10 +4471,6 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = ext4_zero_partial_blocks(inode, offset, length);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_handle;
-
 	/* If there are blocks to remove, do it */
 	start_lblk = EXT4_B_TO_LBLK(inode, offset);
 	end_lblk = end >> inode->i_blkbits;
@@ -5973,15 +5973,6 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 					goto out_mmap_sem;
 			}
 
-			handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 3);
-			if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-				error = PTR_ERR(handle);
-				goto out_mmap_sem;
-			}
-			if (ext4_handle_valid(handle) && shrink) {
-				error = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
-				orphan = 1;
-			}
 			/*
 			 * Update c/mtime and tail zero the EOF folio on
 			 * truncate up. ext4_truncate() handles the shrink case
@@ -5989,10 +5980,20 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 			 */
 			if (!shrink) {
 				inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode,
-						      inode_set_ctime_current(inode));
+						inode_set_ctime_current(inode));
 				if (oldsize & (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - 1))
 					ext4_block_truncate_page(
-							inode->i_mapping, oldsize);
+						inode->i_mapping, oldsize);
+			}
+
+			handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 3);
+			if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+				error = PTR_ERR(handle);
+				goto out_mmap_sem;
+			}
+			if (ext4_handle_valid(handle) && shrink) {
+				error = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
+				orphan = 1;
 			}
 
 			if (shrink)
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-03  6:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-03  6:25 [PATCH -next v2 00/22] ext4: use iomap for regular file's buffered I/O path Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 01/22] ext4: make ext4_block_zero_page_range() pass out did_zero Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 02/22] ext4: make ext4_block_truncate_page() return zeroed length Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 03/22] ext4: only order data when partially block truncating down Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  9:59   ` Jan Kara
2026-02-04  6:42     ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-04 14:18       ` Jan Kara
2026-02-05  3:27         ` Baokun Li
2026-02-05 14:07           ` Jan Kara
2026-02-06  1:14             ` Baokun Li
2026-02-05  7:50         ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-05 15:05           ` Jan Kara
2026-02-06 11:09             ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-06 15:35               ` Jan Kara
2026-02-09  8:28                 ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-10 12:02                   ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-10 14:07                     ` Jan Kara
2026-02-10 16:11                       ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-11 11:42                         ` Jan Kara
2026-02-11 13:38                           ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-04  4:21   ` kernel test robot
2026-02-10  7:05   ` Ojaswin Mujoo
2026-02-10 15:57     ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-11 15:23       ` Ojaswin Mujoo
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 04/22] ext4: factor out journalled block zeroing range Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 05/22] ext4: stop passing handle to ext4_journalled_block_zero_range() Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 06/22] ext4: don't zero partial block under an active handle when truncating down Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` Zhang Yi [this message]
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 08/22] ext4: zero post EOF partial block before appending write Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 09/22] ext4: add a new iomap aops for regular file's buffered IO path Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 10/22] ext4: implement buffered read iomap path Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 11/22] ext4: pass out extent seq counter when mapping da blocks Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 12/22] ext4: implement buffered write iomap path Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 13/22] ext4: implement writeback " Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 14/22] ext4: implement mmap " Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 15/22] iomap: correct the range of a partial dirty clear Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 16/22] iomap: support invalidating partial folios Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 17/22] ext4: implement partial block zero range iomap path Zhang Yi
2026-02-04  0:21   ` kernel test robot
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 18/22] ext4: do not order data for inodes using buffered " Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 19/22] ext4: add block mapping tracepoints for iomap buffered I/O path Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 20/22] ext4: disable online defrag when inode using " Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 21/22] ext4: partially enable iomap for the buffered I/O path of regular files Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:25 ` [PATCH -next v2 22/22] ext4: introduce a mount option for iomap buffered I/O path Zhang Yi
2026-02-03  6:43 ` [PATCH -next v2 00/22] ext4: use iomap for regular file's " Christoph Hellwig
2026-02-03  9:18   ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-03 13:14     ` Theodore Tso
2026-02-04  1:33       ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-04  1:59       ` Baokun Li
2026-02-04 14:23         ` Jan Kara
2026-02-05  2:06           ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-05  3:04             ` Baokun Li
2026-02-05 12:58             ` Jan Kara
2026-02-06  2:15               ` Zhang Yi
2026-02-05  2:55           ` Baokun Li
2026-02-05 12:46             ` Jan Kara

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