[PATCH v2 05/13] ext4: correct the mapping status if the extent has been zeroed

Zhang Yi posted 13 patches 1 week, 3 days ago
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[PATCH v2 05/13] ext4: correct the mapping status if the extent has been zeroed
Posted by Zhang Yi 1 week, 3 days ago
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

Before submitting I/O and allocating blocks with the
EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO flag set, ext4_split_convert_extents() may
convert the target extent range to initialized due to ENOSPC, ENOMEM, or
EQUOTA errors. However, it still marks the mapping as incorrectly
unwritten. Although this may not seem to cause any practical problems,
it will result in an unnecessary extent conversion operation after I/O
completion. Therefore, it's better to correct the returned mapping
status.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 2db84f6b0056..19338f488550 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3916,6 +3916,8 @@ ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* get_block() before submitting IO, split the extent */
 	if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO) {
+		int depth;
+
 		path = ext4_split_convert_extents(handle, inode, map, path,
 						  flags, allocated);
 		if (IS_ERR(path))
@@ -3931,7 +3933,13 @@ ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 			goto errout;
 		}
-		map->m_flags |= EXT4_MAP_UNWRITTEN;
+		/* Don't mark unwritten if the extent has been zeroed out. */
+		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, path, flags);
+		if (IS_ERR(path))
+			return path;
+		depth = ext_depth(inode);
+		if (ext4_ext_is_unwritten(path[depth].p_ext))
+			map->m_flags |= EXT4_MAP_UNWRITTEN;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	/* IO end_io complete, convert the filled extent to written */
-- 
2.46.1
Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] ext4: correct the mapping status if the extent has been zeroed
Posted by Ojaswin Mujoo 5 days, 13 hours ago
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 02:08:03PM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote:
> From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
> 
> Before submitting I/O and allocating blocks with the
> EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO flag set, ext4_split_convert_extents() may
> convert the target extent range to initialized due to ENOSPC, ENOMEM, or
> EQUOTA errors. However, it still marks the mapping as incorrectly
> unwritten. Although this may not seem to cause any practical problems,
> it will result in an unnecessary extent conversion operation after I/O
> completion. Therefore, it's better to correct the returned mapping
> status.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

Looks good, feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>

Regards,
ojaswin

> ---
>  fs/ext4/extents.c | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> index 2db84f6b0056..19338f488550 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> @@ -3916,6 +3916,8 @@ ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  
>  	/* get_block() before submitting IO, split the extent */
>  	if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO) {
> +		int depth;
> +
>  		path = ext4_split_convert_extents(handle, inode, map, path,
>  						  flags, allocated);
>  		if (IS_ERR(path))
> @@ -3931,7 +3933,13 @@ ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  			err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
>  			goto errout;
>  		}
> -		map->m_flags |= EXT4_MAP_UNWRITTEN;
> +		/* Don't mark unwritten if the extent has been zeroed out. */
> +		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, path, flags);
> +		if (IS_ERR(path))
> +			return path;
> +		depth = ext_depth(inode);
> +		if (ext4_ext_is_unwritten(path[depth].p_ext))
> +			map->m_flags |= EXT4_MAP_UNWRITTEN;
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  	/* IO end_io complete, convert the filled extent to written */
> -- 
> 2.46.1
>