Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] ext4: move the calculation of wbc->nr_to_write to mpage_folio_done()

From: Baokun Li
Date: Thu Jun 19 2025 - 21:51:31 EST


On 2025/6/11 19:16, Zhang Yi wrote:
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>

mpage_folio_done() should be a more appropriate place than
mpage_submit_folio() for updating the wbc->nr_to_write after we have
submitted a fully mapped folio. Preparing to make mpage_submit_folio()
allows to submit partially mapped folio that is still under processing.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Makes sense. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index be9a4cba35fd..3a086fee7989 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2024,7 +2024,10 @@ int ext4_da_get_block_prep(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
static void mpage_folio_done(struct mpage_da_data *mpd, struct folio *folio)
{
- mpd->first_page += folio_nr_pages(folio);
+ unsigned long nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+
+ mpd->first_page += nr_pages;
+ mpd->wbc->nr_to_write -= nr_pages;
folio_unlock(folio);
}
@@ -2055,8 +2058,6 @@ static int mpage_submit_folio(struct mpage_da_data *mpd, struct folio *folio)
!ext4_verity_in_progress(mpd->inode))
len = size & (len - 1);
err = ext4_bio_write_folio(&mpd->io_submit, folio, len);
- if (!err)
- mpd->wbc->nr_to_write -= folio_nr_pages(folio);
return err;
}