Re: [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: Apply bio flags to direct I/O

From: Chao Yu
Date: Thu Jun 12 2025 - 20:41:42 EST


On 2025/6/12 7:37, Daniel Lee wrote:
Bio flags like REQ_PRIO, REQ_META, and REQ_FUA, determined by
f2fs_io_flags(), were not being applied to direct I/O (DIO) writes.
This meant that DIO writes would not respect filesystem-level hints
(for REQ_META/FUA) or inode-level hints (like F2FS_IOPRIO_WRITE).

This patch refactors f2fs_io_flags() to use a direct inode pointer
instead of deriving it from a page. The function is then called from
the DIO write path, ensuring that bio flags are handled consistently
for both buffered and DIO writes.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lee <chullee@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/data.c | 8 ++++----
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 2 ++
fs/f2fs/file.c | 12 ++++++++++++
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 31e892842625..966cea75874c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -416,10 +416,9 @@ int f2fs_target_device_index(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, block_t blkaddr)
return 0;
}
-static blk_opf_t f2fs_io_flags(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
+blk_opf_t f2fs_io_flags(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
{
unsigned int temp_mask = GENMASK(NR_TEMP_TYPE - 1, 0);
- struct folio *fio_folio = page_folio(fio->page);
unsigned int fua_flag, meta_flag, io_flag;
blk_opf_t op_flags = 0;
@@ -446,8 +445,8 @@ static blk_opf_t f2fs_io_flags(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
if (BIT(fio->temp) & fua_flag)
op_flags |= REQ_FUA;
- if (fio->type == DATA &&
- F2FS_I(fio_folio->mapping->host)->ioprio_hint == F2FS_IOPRIO_WRITE)
+ if (fio->inode && fio->type == DATA &&

It seems that it changes the logic, if fio->inode is NULL we will not tag
op_flags w/ REQ_PRIO, path like GC? do we need to assign fio.inode for all
paths?

Thanks,

+ F2FS_I(fio->inode)->ioprio_hint == F2FS_IOPRIO_WRITE)
op_flags |= REQ_PRIO;
return op_flags;
@@ -2783,6 +2782,7 @@ int f2fs_write_single_data_page(struct folio *folio, int *submitted,
int err = 0;
struct f2fs_io_info fio = {
.sbi = sbi,
+ .inode = inode,
.ino = inode->i_ino,
.type = DATA,
.op = REQ_OP_WRITE,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 9333a22b9a01..162d79a3c1a5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ enum iostat_type {
struct f2fs_io_info {
struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi; /* f2fs_sb_info pointer */
+ struct inode *inode;
nid_t ino; /* inode number */
enum page_type type; /* contains DATA/NODE/META/META_FLUSH */
enum temp_type temp; /* contains HOT/WARM/COLD */
@@ -3972,6 +3973,7 @@ void f2fs_submit_page_write(struct f2fs_io_info *fio);
struct block_device *f2fs_target_device(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
block_t blk_addr, sector_t *sector);
int f2fs_target_device_index(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, block_t blkaddr);
+blk_opf_t f2fs_io_flags(struct f2fs_io_info *fio);
void f2fs_set_data_blkaddr(struct dnode_of_data *dn, block_t blkaddr);
void f2fs_update_data_blkaddr(struct dnode_of_data *dn, block_t blkaddr);
int f2fs_reserve_new_blocks(struct dnode_of_data *dn, blkcnt_t count);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 696131e655ed..4fd45e94661a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -5015,6 +5015,18 @@ static void f2fs_dio_write_submit_io(const struct iomap_iter *iter,
enum log_type type = f2fs_rw_hint_to_seg_type(sbi, inode->i_write_hint);
enum temp_type temp = f2fs_get_segment_temp(sbi, type);
+ /* if fadvise set to hot, override the temperature */
+ struct f2fs_io_info fio = {
+ .sbi = sbi,
+ .inode = inode,
+ .type = DATA,
+ .op = REQ_OP_WRITE,
+ .temp = file_is_hot(inode) ? HOT : temp,
+ .op_flags = bio->bi_opf,
+ .page = NULL,
+ };
+ bio->bi_opf |= f2fs_io_flags(&fio);
+
bio->bi_write_hint = f2fs_io_type_to_rw_hint(sbi, DATA, temp);
submit_bio(bio);
}