Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] block: use largest_zero_folio in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 05:45:26 EST


On 11.08.25 10:41, Pankaj Raghav (Samsung) wrote:
From: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Use largest_zero_folio() in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages().
On systems with CONFIG_PERSISTENT_HUGE_ZERO_FOLIO 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.

Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb