kernel/linux.git/fs/f2fs/data.c, branch v7.2-rc1

f2fs: Split f2fs_write_end_io()

2026-06-22T19:52:37+00:00

Prepare for running most of the write completion work asynchronously. Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: Rename f2fs_post_read_wq into f2fs_wq

2026-06-22T19:52:37+00:00

Rename f2fs_post_read_wq into f2fs_wq. Create it unconditionally. Prepare for using this workqueue for completing write bios. Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: Prepare for supporting delayed bio completion

2026-06-22T19:52:37+00:00

Use bio frontpadding to allocate memory for a work_struct when allocating a bio. Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: read COW data with the original inode during atomic write

2026-06-22T19:52:36+00:00

When updating an atomic-write file, f2fs_write_begin() may read the previously written data back from the COW inode: prepare_atomic_write_begin() locates the block in the COW inode and sets use_cow, and the read bio is then built with the COW inode: f2fs_submit_page_read(use_cow ? F2FS_I(inode)->cow_inode : inode, ...); and f2fs_grab_read_bio() decides whether to schedule fs-layer decryption (STEP_DECRYPT) for the bio based on that inode via fscrypt_inode_uses_fs_layer_crypto(). However, the folio being filled belongs to the original inode (folio->mapping->host == inode), and the data stored in the COW block was encrypted (or left as plaintext) using the original inode's context, not the COW inode's -- see f2fs_encrypt_one_page(), which keys off fio->page->mapping->host. fscrypt_decrypt_pagecache_blocks() likewise operates on folio->mapping->host. The COW inode is created as a tmpfile in the parent directory and inherits its encryption policy from there. With test_dummy_encryption the newly created COW inode gets the dummy policy and becomes encrypted, while a pre-existing regular file -- created before the policy applied, e.g. already present in the on-disk image -- stays unencrypted. The read path then sets STEP_DECRYPT based on the encrypted COW inode and calls fscrypt_decrypt_pagecache_blocks() on a folio whose host (the unencrypted original inode) has a NULL ->i_crypt_info, dereferencing it: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ... KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] RIP: 0010:fscrypt_decrypt_pagecache_blocks+0xa0/0x310 Workqueue: f2fs_post_read_wq f2fs_post_read_work Call Trace: fscrypt_decrypt_bio+0x1eb/0x340 f2fs_post_read_work+0xba/0x140 process_one_work+0x91c/0x1a40 worker_thread+0x677/0xe90 kthread+0x2bc/0x3a0 The COW inode is only needed to locate the on-disk block, and that block address is already resolved into @blkaddr by prepare_atomic_write_begin() via __find_data_block(cow_inode, ...); f2fs_submit_page_read() then reads from that physical @blkaddr directly, so the inode argument only selects the post-read crypto context, not which block is fetched. Reading with @inode therefore returns the same (latest, not-yet-committed) COW data, while making both the fs-layer decryption decision and the inline crypto path use the correct (original inode's) key. With the COW inode no longer used at the read site, the use_cow flag has no remaining consumer; drop it from f2fs_write_begin() and prepare_atomic_write_begin(). Fixes: 591fc34e1f98 ("f2fs: use cow inode data when updating atomic write") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikhail Lobanov Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: skip inode folio lookup for cached overwrite

2026-06-22T19:52:36+00:00

prepare_write_begin() first gets the inode folio and builds a dnode, then checks the read extent cache. For an ordinary overwrite of a non-inline and non-compressed file, an extent-cache hit already gives the data block address and the following path does not need to allocate or update any node state. Check the read extent cache before fetching the inode folio for that narrow case. Keep the existing paths for inline data, compressed files, and writes that may extend past EOF, where the helper may need inline conversion, compression preparation, or block reservation. This avoids a node-folio lookup in the buffered overwrite fast path when the mapping is already cached. In a QEMU/KASAN x86_64 VM, using a small buffered overwrite workload on an existing 1MiB file, median time improved as follows: 64-byte overwrites: 1724.93 ns/write -> 1560.24 ns/write 256-byte overwrites: 1713.38 ns/write -> 1577.85 ns/write Function profiling of 20k 64-byte overwrites showed f2fs_get_inode_folio() calls drop from 20004 to 4. Signed-off-by: Wenjie Qi Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: keep atomic write retry from zeroing original data

2026-06-22T19:52:36+00:00

A partial atomic write reserves a block in the COW inode before reading the original data page for the untouched bytes in that page. If that read fails, write_begin returns an error but leaves the COW inode entry as NEW_ADDR. A retry of the same partial write then finds the COW entry, treats it as existing COW data, and f2fs_write_begin() zeroes the whole folio because blkaddr is NEW_ADDR. If the retry is committed, the bytes outside the retried write range are committed as zeroes instead of preserving the original file contents. Only use the COW inode as the read source when it already has a real data block. If the COW entry is still NEW_ADDR, treat it as a reservation to reuse: keep reading the old data from the original inode and avoid reserving or accounting the same atomic block again. Cc: stable@kernel.org Fixes: 3db1de0e582c ("f2fs: change the current atomic write way") Signed-off-by: Wenjie Qi Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: fix missing read bio submission on large folio error

2026-06-22T19:52:35+00:00

f2fs_read_data_large_folio() can keep a read bio across multiple readahead folios. If a later folio hits an error before any of its blocks are added to the bio, folio_in_bio is false and the current error path returns immediately after ending that folio. This can leave the bio accumulated for earlier folios unsubmitted. Those folios then never receive read completion, and readers can wait indefinitely on the locked folios. Route errors through the common out path so any pending bio is submitted before returning. Stop consuming more readahead folios once an error is seen, and only wait on and clear the current folio when it was actually added to the bio. Cc: stable@kernel.org Fixes: a5d8b9d94e18 ("f2fs: fix to unlock folio in f2fs_read_data_large_folio()") Signed-off-by: Wenjie Qi Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: fix potential deadlock in f2fs_balance_fs()

2026-05-22T03:49:06+00:00

When the f2fs filesystem space is nearly exhausted, we encounter deadlock issues as below: INFO: task A:1890 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:A state:D stack:0 pid:1890 tgid:1626 ppid:1153 flags:0x00000204 Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 schedule+0x3c/0x118 io_schedule+0x44/0x68 folio_wait_bit_common+0x174/0x370 folio_wait_bit+0x20/0x38 folio_wait_writeback+0x54/0xc8 truncate_inode_partial_folio+0x70/0x1e0 truncate_inode_pages_range+0x1b0/0x450 truncate_pagecache+0x54/0x88 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x3e8/0xb80 do_iter_readv_writev+0xf0/0x1e0 vfs_writev+0x138/0x2c8 do_writev+0x88/0x130 __arm64_sys_writev+0x28/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x30/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 INFO: task kworker/u8:11:2680853 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:kworker/u8:11 state:D stack:0 pid:2680853 tgid:2680853 ppid:2 flags:0x00000208 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:0) Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 schedule+0x3c/0x118 io_schedule+0x44/0x68 folio_wait_bit_common+0x174/0x370 __filemap_get_folio+0x214/0x348 pagecache_get_page+0x20/0x70 f2fs_get_read_data_page+0x150/0x3e8 f2fs_get_lock_data_page+0x2c/0x160 move_data_page+0x50/0x478 do_garbage_collect+0xd38/0x1528 f2fs_gc+0x240/0x7e0 f2fs_balance_fs+0x1a0/0x208 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x6e4/0x730 f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x378/0x9b0 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x2e4/0x388 do_writepages+0x8c/0x2c8 __writeback_single_inode+0x4c/0x498 writeback_sb_inodes+0x234/0x4a8 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x58/0x118 wb_writeback+0x2f8/0x3c0 wb_workfn+0x2c4/0x508 process_one_work+0x180/0x408 worker_thread+0x258/0x368 kthread+0x118/0x128 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x200 INFO: task kworker/u8:8:2641297 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:kworker/u8:8 state:D stack:0 pid:2641297 tgid:2641297 ppid:2 flags:0x00000208 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:0) Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 rt_mutex_schedule+0x30/0x60 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked.constprop.0+0x460/0x8a8 rwbase_write_lock+0x24c/0x378 down_write+0x1c/0x30 f2fs_balance_fs+0x184/0x208 f2fs_write_inode+0xf4/0x328 __writeback_single_inode+0x370/0x498 writeback_sb_inodes+0x234/0x4a8 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x58/0x118 wb_writeback+0x2f8/0x3c0 wb_workfn+0x2c4/0x508 process_one_work+0x180/0x408 worker_thread+0x258/0x368 kthread+0x118/0x128 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 INFO: task B:1902 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:B state:D stack:0 pid:1902 tgid:1626 ppid:1153 flags:0x0000020c Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 rt_mutex_schedule+0x30/0x60 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked.constprop.0+0x460/0x8a8 rwbase_write_lock+0x24c/0x378 down_write+0x1c/0x30 f2fs_balance_fs+0x184/0x208 f2fs_map_blocks+0x94c/0x1110 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x228/0xb80 do_iter_readv_writev+0xf0/0x1e0 vfs_writev+0x138/0x2c8 do_writev+0x88/0x130 __arm64_sys_writev+0x28/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x30/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 INFO: task sync:2769849 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:sync state:D stack:0 pid:2769849 tgid:2769849 ppid:736 flags:0x0000020c Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 schedule+0x3c/0x118 wb_wait_for_completion+0xb0/0xe8 sync_inodes_sb+0xc8/0x2b0 sync_inodes_one_sb+0x24/0x38 iterate_supers+0xa8/0x138 ksys_sync+0x54/0xc8 __arm64_sys_sync+0x18/0x30 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x30/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 The root cause is a potential deadlock between the following tasks: kworker/u8:11 Thread A - f2fs_write_single_data_page - f2fs_do_write_data_page - folio_start_writeback(X) - f2fs_outplace_write_data - bio_add_folio(X) - folio_unlock(X) - truncate_inode_pages_range - __filemap_get_folio(X, FGP_LOCK) - truncate_inode_partial_folio(X) - folio_wait_writeback(X) - f2fs_balance_fs - f2fs_gc - do_garbage_collect - move_data_page - f2fs_get_lock_data_page - __filemap_get_folio(X, FGP_LOCK) Both threads try to access folio X. Thread A holds the lock but waits for writeback, while kworker waits for the lock. This causes a deadlock. Other threads also enter D state, waiting for locks such as gc_lock and writepages. OPU/IPU DATA folio are all affected by this issue. To avoid such potential deadlocks, always commit these cached folios before triggering f2fs_gc() in f2fs_balance_fs(). Suggested-by: Chao Yu Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Ruipeng Qi Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: support to report fserror

2026-05-22T03:49:06+00:00

This patch supports to report fserror, it provides another way to let userspace to monitor filesystem level error. In addition, it exports /sys/fs/f2fs/features/fserror once f2fs kernel module start to support the new feature, then generic/791 of fstests can notice the feature, and verify validation of fserror report. Cc: Darrick J. Wong Signed-off-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim

f2fs: map data writes to FDP streams

2026-05-22T03:49:06+00:00

From: Wenjie Qi F2FS already classifies DATA writes using its existing hot, warm and cold temperature policy, but it only passes that intent down as a write hint. That hint alone is not sufficient for NVMe FDP placement, because the current NVMe command path consumes `bio->bi_write_stream` rather than `bio->bi_write_hint` when selecting a placement ID. When the target block device exposes write streams, map the existing F2FS DATA temperature classes onto stream IDs and set `bio->bi_write_stream` for both buffered and direct writes. If the device exposes no write streams, keep the current behavior by leaving the stream unset. The stream mapping is evaluated against the target block device of each bio, so the existing per-device fallback behavior stays unchanged for multi-device filesystems. Existing blkzoned restrictions also remain in place. The mapping is intentionally small and deterministic: - 1 stream: hot, warm and cold all use stream 1 - 2 streams: hot/warm use 1, cold uses 2 - 3+ streams: hot uses 1, warm uses 2, cold uses 3 Signed-off-by: Wenjie Qi Reviewed-by: Chao Yu Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim