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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst | 45 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/filemap.c | 2 |
5 files changed, 34 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst index 7308d76a29dc..1d18e9def183 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst @@ -433,11 +433,11 @@ has done a write and then the page it wrote from has been released by the VM, after which it *has* to look in the cache. To inform fscache that a page might now be in the cache, the following function -should be called from the ``releasepage`` address space op:: +should be called from the ``release_folio`` address space op:: void fscache_note_page_release(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); -if the page has been released (ie. releasepage returned true). +if the page has been released (ie. release_folio returned true). Page release and page invalidation should also wait for any mark left on the page to say that a DIO write is underway from that page:: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst index aeba2475a53c..ddef4a753e73 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ prototypes:: struct page *page, void *fsdata); sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); void (*invalidate_folio) (struct folio *, size_t start, size_t len); - int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); + bool (*release_folio)(struct folio *, gfp_t); void (*freepage)(struct page *); int (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter); bool (*isolate_page) (struct page *, isolate_mode_t); @@ -270,13 +270,13 @@ ops PageLocked(page) i_rwsem invalidate_lock writepage: yes, unlocks (see below) read_folio: yes, unlocks shared writepages: -dirty_folio maybe +dirty_folio: maybe readahead: yes, unlocks shared write_begin: locks the page exclusive write_end: yes, unlocks exclusive bmap: invalidate_folio: yes exclusive -releasepage: yes +release_folio: yes freepage: yes direct_IO: isolate_page: yes @@ -372,10 +372,10 @@ invalidate_lock before invalidating page cache in truncate / hole punch path (and thus calling into ->invalidate_folio) to block races between page cache invalidation and page cache filling functions (fault, read, ...). -->releasepage() is called when the kernel is about to try to drop the -buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it. It returns zero to -indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero, -the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers. +->release_folio() is called when the kernel is about to try to drop the +buffers from the folio in preparation for freeing it. It returns false to +indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->release_folio is +NULL, the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers. ->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page from the page cache. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst index 0919a4ad973a..679887b5c8fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst @@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ Writeback. The first can be used independently to the others. The VM can try to either write dirty pages in order to clean them, or release clean pages in order to reuse them. To do this it can call the ->writepage method -on dirty pages, and ->releasepage on clean pages with PagePrivate set. -Clean pages without PagePrivate and with no external references will be -released without notice being given to the address_space. +on dirty pages, and ->release_folio on clean folios with the private +flag set. Clean pages without PagePrivate and with no external references +will be released without notice being given to the address_space. To achieve this functionality, pages need to be placed on an LRU with lru_cache_add and mark_page_active needs to be called whenever the page @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ cache in your filesystem. The following members are defined: struct page *page, void *fsdata); sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); void (*invalidate_folio) (struct folio *, size_t start, size_t len); - int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); + bool (*release_folio)(struct folio *, gfp_t); void (*freepage)(struct page *); ssize_t (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter); /* isolate a page for migration */ @@ -864,33 +864,32 @@ cache in your filesystem. The following members are defined: address space. This generally corresponds to either a truncation, punch hole or a complete invalidation of the address space (in the latter case 'offset' will always be 0 and 'length' - will be folio_size()). Any private data associated with the page + will be folio_size()). Any private data associated with the folio should be updated to reflect this truncation. If offset is 0 and length is folio_size(), then the private data should be - released, because the page must be able to be completely - discarded. This may be done by calling the ->releasepage + released, because the folio must be able to be completely + discarded. This may be done by calling the ->release_folio function, but in this case the release MUST succeed. -``releasepage`` - releasepage is called on PagePrivate pages to indicate that the - page should be freed if possible. ->releasepage should remove - any private data from the page and clear the PagePrivate flag. - If releasepage() fails for some reason, it must indicate failure - with a 0 return value. releasepage() is used in two distinct - though related cases. The first is when the VM finds a clean - page with no active users and wants to make it a free page. If - ->releasepage succeeds, the page will be removed from the - address_space and become free. +``release_folio`` + release_folio is called on folios with private data to tell the + filesystem that the folio is about to be freed. ->release_folio + should remove any private data from the folio and clear the + private flag. If release_folio() fails, it should return false. + release_folio() is used in two distinct though related cases. + The first is when the VM wants to free a clean folio with no + active users. If ->release_folio succeeds, the folio will be + removed from the address_space and be freed. The second case is when a request has been made to invalidate - some or all pages in an address_space. This can happen through - the fadvise(POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED) system call or by the - filesystem explicitly requesting it as nfs and 9fs do (when they + some or all folios in an address_space. This can happen + through the fadvise(POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED) system call or by the + filesystem explicitly requesting it as nfs and 9p do (when they believe the cache may be out of date with storage) by calling invalidate_inode_pages2(). If the filesystem makes such a call, - and needs to be certain that all pages are invalidated, then its - releasepage will need to ensure this. Possibly it can clear the - PageUptodate bit if it cannot free private data yet. + and needs to be certain that all folios are invalidated, then + its release_folio will need to ensure this. Possibly it can + clear the uptodate flag if it cannot free private data yet. ``freepage`` freepage is called once the page is no longer visible in the diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index f812f5aa07dd..ad768f13f485 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ struct address_space_operations { /* Unfortunately this kludge is needed for FIBMAP. Don't use it */ sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); void (*invalidate_folio) (struct folio *, size_t offset, size_t len); + bool (*release_folio)(struct folio *, gfp_t); int (*releasepage) (struct page *, gfp_t); void (*freepage)(struct page *); ssize_t (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter); diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index 9b7fa47feb5e..78e4a7dc3a56 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -3955,6 +3955,8 @@ bool filemap_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp) if (folio_test_writeback(folio)) return false; + if (mapping && mapping->a_ops->release_folio) + return mapping->a_ops->release_folio(folio, gfp); if (mapping && mapping->a_ops->releasepage) return mapping->a_ops->releasepage(&folio->page, gfp); return try_to_free_buffers(&folio->page); |