[PATCH 5/5] block: use mm_huge_zero_folio in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages()

From: Pankaj Raghav
Date: Thu Jun 12 2025 - 06:53:39 EST


Use mm_get_static_huge_zero_folio() in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages().

On systems with CONFIG_STATIC_PMD_ZERO_PAGE enabled, we will end up
sending larger bvecs instead of multiple small ones.

Noticed a 4% increase in performance on a commercial NVMe SSD which does
not support OP_WRITE_ZEROES. The device's MDTS was 128K. The performance
gains might be bigger if the device supports bigger MDTS.

Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-lib.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 4c9f20a689f7..4ee219637a3f 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ static void __blkdev_issue_zero_pages(struct block_device *bdev,
sector_t sector, sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask,
struct bio **biop, unsigned int flags)
{
+ struct folio *zero_folio;
+
+ zero_folio = mm_get_static_huge_zero_folio();
+
while (nr_sects) {
unsigned int nr_vecs = __blkdev_sectors_to_bio_pages(nr_sects);
struct bio *bio;
@@ -208,15 +212,14 @@ static void __blkdev_issue_zero_pages(struct block_device *bdev,
break;

do {
- unsigned int len, added;
+ unsigned int len;

- len = min_t(sector_t,
- PAGE_SIZE, nr_sects << SECTOR_SHIFT);
- added = bio_add_page(bio, ZERO_PAGE(0), len, 0);
- if (added < len)
+ len = min_t(sector_t, folio_size(zero_folio),
+ nr_sects << SECTOR_SHIFT);
+ if (!bio_add_folio(bio, zero_folio, len, 0))
break;
- nr_sects -= added >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
- sector += added >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+ nr_sects -= len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+ sector += len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
} while (nr_sects);

*biop = bio_chain_and_submit(*biop, bio);
--
2.49.0