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<updated>2025-07-28T20:43:25+00:00</updated>
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<title>Merge tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2025-07-28T20:43:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2025-07-28T20:43:25+00:00</published>
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Pull mmap_prepare updates from Christian Brauner:
 "Last cycle we introduce f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare() in c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm:
  introduce new .mmap_prepare() file callback").

  This is preferred to the existing f_op-&gt;mmap() hook as it does require
  a VMA to be established yet, thus allowing the mmap logic to invoke
  this hook far, far earlier, prior to inserting a VMA into the virtual
  address space, or performing any other heavy handed operations.

  This allows for much simpler unwinding on error, and for there to be a
  single attempt at merging a VMA rather than having to possibly
  reattempt a merge based on potentially altered VMA state.

  Far more importantly, it prevents inappropriate manipulation of
  incompletely initialised VMA state, which is something that has been
  the cause of bugs and complexity in the past.

  The intent is to gradually deprecate f_op-&gt;mmap, and in that vein this
  series coverts the majority of file systems to using f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare.

  Prerequisite steps are taken - firstly ensuring all checks for mmap
  capabilities use the file_has_valid_mmap_hooks() helper rather than
  directly checking for f_op-&gt;mmap (which is now not a valid check) and
  secondly updating daxdev_mapping_supported() to not require a VMA
  parameter to allow ext4 and xfs to be converted.

  Commit bb666b7c2707 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility layer for
  nested file systems") handles the nasty edge-case of nested file
  systems like overlayfs, which introduces a compatibility shim to allow
  f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare() to be invoked from an f_op-&gt;mmap() callback.

  This allows for nested filesystems to continue to function correctly
  with all file systems regardless of which callback is used. Once we
  finally convert all file systems, this shim can be removed.

  As a result, ecryptfs, fuse, and overlayfs remain unaltered so they
  can nest all other file systems.

  We additionally do not update resctl - as this requires an update to
  remap_pfn_range() (or an alternative to it) which we defer to a later
  series, equally we do not update cramfs which needs a mixed mapping
  insertion with the same issue, nor do we update procfs, hugetlbfs,
  syfs or kernfs all of which require VMAs for internal state and hooks.
  We shall return to all of these later"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  doc: update porting, vfs documentation to describe mmap_prepare()
  fs: replace mmap hook with .mmap_prepare for simple mappings
  fs: convert most other generic_file_*mmap() users to .mmap_prepare()
  fs: convert simple use of generic_file_*_mmap() to .mmap_prepare()
  mm/filemap: introduce generic_file_*_mmap_prepare() helpers
  fs/xfs: transition from deprecated .mmap hook to .mmap_prepare
  fs/ext4: transition from deprecated .mmap hook to .mmap_prepare
  fs/dax: make it possible to check dev dax support without a VMA
  fs: consistently use can_mmap_file() helper
  mm/nommu: use file_has_valid_mmap_hooks() helper
  mm: rename call_mmap/mmap_prepare to vfs_mmap/mmap_prepare
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<title>fs: change write_begin/write_end interface to take struct kiocb *</title>
<updated>2025-07-16T12:48:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Taotao Chen</name>
<email>chentaotao@didiglobal.com</email>
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<published>2025-07-16T09:36:06+00:00</published>
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Change the address_space_operations callbacks write_begin() and
write_end() to take struct kiocb * as the first argument instead of
struct file *.

Update all affected function prototypes, implementations, call sites,
and related documentation across VFS, filesystems, and block layer.

Part of a series refactoring address_space_operations write_begin and
write_end callbacks to use struct kiocb for passing write context and
flags.

Signed-off-by: Taotao Chen &lt;chentaotao@didiglobal.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716093559.217344-4-chentaotao@didiglobal.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>fs: convert simple use of generic_file_*_mmap() to .mmap_prepare()</title>
<updated>2025-06-17T11:47:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-16T19:33:27+00:00</published>
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Since commit c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file
callback"), the f_op-&gt;mmap() hook has been deprecated in favour of
f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare().

We have provided generic .mmap_prepare() equivalents, so update all file
systems that specify these directly in their file_operations structures.

This updates 9p, adfs, affs, bfs, fat, hfs, hfsplus, hostfs, hpfs, jffs2,
jfs, minix, omfs, ramfs and ufs file systems directly.

It updates generic_ro_fops which impacts qnx4, cramfs, befs, squashfs,
frebxfs, qnx6, efs, romfs, erofs and isofs file systems.

There are remaining file systems which use generic hooks in a less direct
way which we address in a subsequent commit.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/c7dc90e44a9e75e750939ea369290d6e441a18e6.1750099179.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko &lt;Slava.Dubeyko@ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>fs: Convert aops-&gt;write_begin to take a folio</title>
<updated>2024-08-07T09:33:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)</name>
<email>willy@infradead.org</email>
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<published>2024-07-15T18:24:01+00:00</published>
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Convert all callers from working on a page to working on one page
of a folio (support for working on an entire folio can come later).
Removes a lot of folio-&gt;page-&gt;folio conversions.

Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik &lt;josef@toxicpanda.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) &lt;willy@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>bfs: remove writepage implementation</title>
<updated>2023-12-29T19:58:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)</name>
<email>willy@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-15T20:02:37+00:00</published>
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If the filesystem implements migrate_folio and writepages, there is no
need for a writepage implementation.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231215200245.748418-7-willy@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) &lt;willy@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<title>splice: Use filemap_splice_read() instead of generic_file_splice_read()</title>
<updated>2023-05-24T14:42:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-22T13:50:15+00:00</published>
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Replace pointers to generic_file_splice_read() with calls to
filemap_splice_read().

Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
cc: John Hubbard &lt;jhubbard@nvidia.com&gt;
cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230522135018.2742245-29-dhowells@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<title>fs: Convert block_read_full_page() to block_read_full_folio()</title>
<updated>2022-05-09T20:21:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)</name>
<email>willy@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-29T14:40:40+00:00</published>
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This function is NOT converted to handle large folios, so include
an assert that the filesystem isn't passing one in.  Otherwise, use
the folio functions instead of the page functions, where they exist.
Convert all filesystems which use block_read_full_page().

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) &lt;willy@infradead.org&gt;
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<title>fs: Remove flags parameter from aops-&gt;write_begin</title>
<updated>2022-05-08T18:28:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)</name>
<email>willy@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-22T19:31:43+00:00</published>
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There are no more aop flags left, so remove the parameter.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) &lt;willy@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: Remove aop flags parameter from block_write_begin()</title>
<updated>2022-05-08T18:28:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)</name>
<email>willy@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-22T16:25:12+00:00</published>
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There are no more aop flags left, so remove the parameter.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) &lt;willy@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: Convert __set_page_dirty_buffers to block_dirty_folio</title>
<updated>2022-03-16T17:37:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)</name>
<email>willy@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-09T20:22:12+00:00</published>
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Convert all callers; mostly this is just changing the aops to point
at it, but a few implementations need a little more work.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) &lt;willy@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com&gt;
Acked-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mike Marshall &lt;hubcap@omnibond.com&gt; # orangefs
Tested-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt; # afs
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