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

Pankaj Raghav (Samsung) posted 5 patches 2 months ago
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[PATCH 5/5] block: use largest_zero_folio in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages()
Posted by Pankaj Raghav (Samsung) 2 months ago
From: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>

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

Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>
---
 block/blk-lib.c | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 4c9f20a689f7..3030a772d3aa 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ 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 = largest_zero_folio();
+
 	while (nr_sects) {
 		unsigned int nr_vecs = __blkdev_sectors_to_bio_pages(nr_sects);
 		struct bio *bio;
@@ -208,15 +210,14 @@ 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
Re: [PATCH 5/5] block: use largest_zero_folio in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages()
Posted by Lorenzo Stoakes 2 months ago
On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 02:13:56PM +0200, Pankaj Raghav (Samsung) wrote:
> From: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>
>
> Use largest_zero_folio() in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages().
> On systems with CONFIG_STATIC_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.

Nice :)

>
> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>

This is not my area, but LGTM from mm function invocation point of view so:

Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>

We will probably want some input from block people on this too.

> ---
>  block/blk-lib.c | 15 ++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
> index 4c9f20a689f7..3030a772d3aa 100644
> --- a/block/blk-lib.c
> +++ b/block/blk-lib.c
> @@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ 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 = largest_zero_folio();
> +
>  	while (nr_sects) {
>  		unsigned int nr_vecs = __blkdev_sectors_to_bio_pages(nr_sects);
>  		struct bio *bio;
> @@ -208,15 +210,14 @@ 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
>