From: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@163.com>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@samsung.com>,
Yuezhang Mo <yuezhang.mo@sony.com>,
Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/3] exfat: add block readahead in exfat_chain_cont_cluster
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 15:14:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260204071435.602246-2-chizhiling@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260204071435.602246-1-chizhiling@163.com>
From: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@kylinos.cn>
The conversion from NO_FAT_CHAIN format to FAT_CHAIN format occurs
when the file cannot allocate contiguous space. When the file to be
converted is very large, this process can take a long time.
This patch introduces simple readahead to read all the blocks in
advance, as these blocks are consecutive.
Test in an empty exfat filesystem:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/file bs=1M count=30k
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/file2 bs=1M count=1
time cat /mnt/file2 >> /mnt/file
| cluster size | before patch | after patch |
| ------------ | ------------ | ----------- |
| 512 | 47.667s | 4.316s |
| 4k | 6.436s | 0.541s |
| 32k | 0.758s | 0.071s |
| 256k | 0.117s | 0.011s |
Signed-off-by: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@kylinos.cn>
---
fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h | 9 +++++++--
fs/exfat/fatent.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
index 2dbed5f8ec26..5a3cdf725846 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
#include <linux/nls.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
#include <uapi/linux/exfat.h>
#define EXFAT_ROOT_INO 1
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ enum {
#define EXFAT_HINT_NONE -1
#define EXFAT_MIN_SUBDIR 2
+#define EXFAT_BLK_RA_SIZE(sb) \
+(min((sb)->s_bdi->ra_pages, (sb)->s_bdi->io_pages) \
+ << (PAGE_SHIFT - sb->s_blocksize_bits))
+
/*
* helpers for cluster size to byte conversion.
*/
@@ -117,9 +122,9 @@ enum {
#define FAT_ENT_SIZE (4)
#define FAT_ENT_SIZE_BITS (2)
#define FAT_ENT_OFFSET_SECTOR(sb, loc) (EXFAT_SB(sb)->FAT1_start_sector + \
- (((u64)loc << FAT_ENT_SIZE_BITS) >> sb->s_blocksize_bits))
+ (((u64)(loc) << FAT_ENT_SIZE_BITS) >> sb->s_blocksize_bits))
#define FAT_ENT_OFFSET_BYTE_IN_SECTOR(sb, loc) \
- ((loc << FAT_ENT_SIZE_BITS) & (sb->s_blocksize - 1))
+ (((loc) << FAT_ENT_SIZE_BITS) & (sb->s_blocksize - 1))
/*
* helpers for bitmap.
diff --git a/fs/exfat/fatent.c b/fs/exfat/fatent.c
index 71ee16479c43..0c17621587d5 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/fatent.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/fatent.c
@@ -142,13 +142,51 @@ int exfat_ent_get(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int loc,
return -EIO;
}
+static int exfat_blk_readahead(struct super_block *sb, sector_t sec,
+ sector_t *ra, blkcnt_t *ra_cnt, sector_t end)
+{
+ struct blk_plug plug;
+
+ if (sec < *ra)
+ return 0;
+
+ *ra += *ra_cnt;
+
+ /* No blocks left (or only the last block), skip readahead. */
+ if (*ra >= end)
+ return 0;
+
+ *ra_cnt = min(end - *ra + 1, EXFAT_BLK_RA_SIZE(sb));
+ if (*ra_cnt == 0) {
+ /* Move 'ra' to the end to disable readahead. */
+ *ra = end;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ blk_start_plug(&plug);
+ for (unsigned int i = 0; i < *ra_cnt; i++)
+ sb_breadahead(sb, *ra + i);
+ blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+ return 0;
+}
+
int exfat_chain_cont_cluster(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int chain,
unsigned int len)
{
+ sector_t sec, end, ra;
+ blkcnt_t ra_cnt;
+
if (!len)
return 0;
+ ra_cnt = 0;
+ ra = FAT_ENT_OFFSET_SECTOR(sb, chain);
+ end = FAT_ENT_OFFSET_SECTOR(sb, chain + len - 1);
+
while (len > 1) {
+ sec = FAT_ENT_OFFSET_SECTOR(sb, chain);
+ exfat_blk_readahead(sb, sec, &ra, &ra_cnt, end);
+
if (exfat_ent_set(sb, chain, chain + 1))
return -EIO;
chain++;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-04 7:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-04 7:14 Chi Zhiling
2026-02-04 7:14 ` Chi Zhiling [this message]
2026-02-05 1:39 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] exfat: add block readahead in exfat_chain_cont_cluster Namjae Jeon
2026-02-05 2:13 ` Chi Zhiling
2026-02-04 7:14 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] exfat: drop parameter sec for exfat_mirror_bh Chi Zhiling
2026-02-04 7:14 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] exfat: optimize exfat_chain_cont_cluster with cached buffer heads Chi Zhiling
2026-02-04 7:19 ` Chi Zhiling
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