[PATCH v3 09/10] ext4: replace ext4_writepage_trans_blocks()

From: Zhang Yi
Date: Tue Jul 01 2025 - 09:25:20 EST


From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>

After ext4 supports large folios, the semantics of reserving credits in
pages is no longer applicable. In most scenarios, reserving credits in
extents is sufficient. Therefore, introduce ext4_chunk_trans_extent()
to replace ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(). move_extent_per_page() is the
only remaining location where we are still processing extents in pages.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 +-
fs/ext4/extents.c | 6 +++---
fs/ext4/inline.c | 6 +++---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 33 +++++++++++++++------------------
fs/ext4/move_extent.c | 3 ++-
fs/ext4/xattr.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 18373de980f2..f705046ba6c6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3064,9 +3064,9 @@ extern int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length);
extern void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *, bool init);
extern int ext4_alloc_da_blocks(struct inode *inode);
extern void ext4_set_aops(struct inode *inode);
-extern int ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(struct inode *);
extern int ext4_normal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode);
extern int ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(struct inode *, int nrblocks);
+extern int ext4_chunk_trans_extent(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks);
extern int ext4_meta_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int lblocks,
int pextents);
extern int ext4_zero_partial_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index b543a46fc809..f0f155458697 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5171,7 +5171,7 @@ ext4_ext_shift_path_extents(struct ext4_ext_path *path, ext4_lblk_t shift,
credits = depth + 2;
}

- restart_credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+ restart_credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 0);
err = ext4_datasem_ensure_credits(handle, inode, credits,
restart_credits, 0);
if (err) {
@@ -5431,7 +5431,7 @@ static int ext4_collapse_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len)

truncate_pagecache(inode, start);

- credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+ credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 0);
handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
if (IS_ERR(handle))
return PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -5527,7 +5527,7 @@ static int ext4_insert_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len)

truncate_pagecache(inode, start);

- credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+ credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 0);
handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
if (IS_ERR(handle))
return PTR_ERR(handle);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index a1bbcdf40824..d5b32d242495 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static int ext4_convert_inline_data_to_extent(struct address_space *mapping,
return 0;
}

- needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+ needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1);

ret = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
if (ret)
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ int ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline)
};


- needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+ needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1);
handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, needed_blocks);
if (IS_ERR(handle))
return PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode)
return 0;
}

- needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+ needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1);

iloc.bh = NULL;
error = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ceaede80d791..572a70b6a934 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1295,7 +1295,8 @@ static int ext4_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
* Reserve one block more for addition to orphan list in case
* we allocate blocks but write fails for some reason
*/
- needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode) + 1;
+ needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode,
+ ext4_journal_blocks_per_folio(inode)) + 1;
index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;

if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)) {
@@ -4462,7 +4463,7 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
return ret;

if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
- credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+ credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 2);
else
credits = ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode);
handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
@@ -4611,7 +4612,7 @@ int ext4_truncate(struct inode *inode)
}

if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
- credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+ credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1);
else
credits = ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode);

@@ -6238,25 +6239,19 @@ int ext4_meta_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int lblocks, int pextents)
}

/*
- * Calculate the total number of credits to reserve to fit
- * the modification of a single pages into a single transaction,
- * which may include multiple chunks of block allocations.
- *
- * This could be called via ext4_write_begin()
- *
- * We need to consider the worse case, when
- * one new block per extent.
+ * Calculate the journal credits for modifying the number of blocks
+ * in a single extent within one transaction. 'nrblocks' is used only
+ * for non-extent inodes. For extent type inodes, 'nrblocks' can be
+ * zero if the exact number of blocks is unknown.
*/
-int ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode)
+int ext4_chunk_trans_extent(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks)
{
- int bpp = ext4_journal_blocks_per_folio(inode);
int ret;

- ret = ext4_meta_trans_blocks(inode, bpp, bpp);
-
+ ret = ext4_meta_trans_blocks(inode, nrblocks, 1);
/* Account for data blocks for journalled mode */
if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
- ret += bpp;
+ ret += nrblocks;
return ret;
}

@@ -6634,10 +6629,12 @@ static int ext4_block_page_mkwrite(struct inode *inode, struct folio *folio,
handle_t *handle;
loff_t size;
unsigned long len;
+ int credits;
int ret;

- handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
- ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
+ credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode,
+ ext4_journal_blocks_per_folio(inode));
+ handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, credits);
if (IS_ERR(handle))
return PTR_ERR(handle);

diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index 1f8493a56e8f..adae3caf175a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ move_extent_per_page(struct file *o_filp, struct inode *donor_inode,
*/
again:
*err = 0;
- jblocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(orig_inode) * 2;
+ jblocks = ext4_meta_trans_blocks(orig_inode, block_len_in_page,
+ block_len_in_page) * 2;
handle = ext4_journal_start(orig_inode, EXT4_HT_MOVE_EXTENTS, jblocks);
if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
*err = PTR_ERR(handle);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 8d15acbacc20..3fb93247330d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ int __ext4_xattr_set_credits(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
* so we need to reserve credits for this eventuality
*/
if (inode && ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
- credits += ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode) + 1;
+ credits += ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1) + 1;

/* We are done if ea_inode feature is not enabled. */
if (!ext4_has_feature_ea_inode(sb))
--
2.46.1