+ shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch added to mm-unstable branch

+ shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: shmem: convert shmem_write_end() to use a folio
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: shmem: convert shmem_write_end() to use a folio
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:10:31 +0000

Use a folio internally to shmem_write_end() which saves a number of calls
to compound_head() and lets us get rid of the custom code to zero out the
rest of a THP and supports folios of arbitrary size.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230112131031.1209553-1-willy@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@oracle.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/shmem.c |   30 ++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/shmem.c~shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio
+++ a/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2578,33 +2578,23 @@ shmem_write_end(struct file *file, struc
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 			struct page *page, void *fsdata)
 {
+	struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 
 	if (pos + copied > inode->i_size)
 		i_size_write(inode, pos + copied);
 
-	if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
-		struct page *head = compound_head(page);
-		if (PageTransCompound(page)) {
-			int i;
-
-			for (i = 0; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++) {
-				if (head + i == page)
-					continue;
-				clear_highpage(head + i);
-				flush_dcache_page(head + i);
-			}
-		}
-		if (copied < PAGE_SIZE) {
-			unsigned from = pos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
-			zero_user_segments(page, 0, from,
-					from + copied, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+		if (copied < folio_size(folio)) {
+			size_t from = offset_in_folio(folio, pos);
+			folio_zero_segments(folio, 0, from,
+					from + copied, folio_size(folio));
 		}
-		SetPageUptodate(head);
+		folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
 	}
-	set_page_dirty(page);
-	unlock_page(page);
-	put_page(page);
+	folio_mark_dirty(folio);
+	folio_unlock(folio);
+	folio_put(folio);
 
 	return copied;
 }
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@infradead.org are

buffer-add-b_folio-as-an-alias-of-b_page.patch
buffer-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
buffer-use-b_folio-in-touch_buffer.patch
buffer-use-b_folio-in-end_buffer_async_read.patch
buffer-use-b_folio-in-end_buffer_async_write.patch
page_io-remove-buffer_head-include.patch
buffer-use-b_folio-in-mark_buffer_dirty.patch
gfs2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
jbd2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
nilfs2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
reiserfs-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
mpage-use-b_folio-in-do_mpage_readpage.patch
mm-memcg-add-folio_memcg_check.patch
mm-remove-folio_pincount_ptr-and-head_compound_pincount.patch
mm-convert-head_subpages_mapcount-into-folio_nr_pages_mapped.patch
doc-clarify-refcount-section-by-referring-to-folios-pages.patch
mm-convert-total_compound_mapcount-to-folio_total_mapcount.patch
mm-convert-page_remove_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch
mm-convert-page_add_anon_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch
mm-convert-page_add_file_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch
mm-add-folio_add_new_anon_rmap.patch
mm-add-folio_add_new_anon_rmap-fix-2.patch
page_alloc-use-folio-fields-directly.patch
mm-use-a-folio-in-hugepage_add_anon_rmap-and-hugepage_add_new_anon_rmap.patch
mm-use-entire_mapcount-in-__page_dup_rmap.patch
mm-debug-remove-call-to-head_compound_mapcount.patch
hugetlb-remove-uses-of-folio_mapcount_ptr.patch
mm-convert-page_mapcount-to-use-folio_entire_mapcount.patch
mm-remove-head_compound_mapcount-and-_ptr-functions.patch
mm-reimplement-compound_order.patch
mm-reimplement-compound_nr.patch
mm-convert-set_compound_page_dtor-and-set_compound_order-to-folios.patch
mm-convert-is_transparent_hugepage-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-convert-destroy_large_folio-to-use-folio_dtor.patch
hugetlb-remove-uses-of-compound_dtor-and-compound_nr.patch
mm-remove-first-tail-page-members-from-struct-page.patch
doc-correct-struct-folio-kernel-doc.patch
mm-move-page-deferred_list-to-folio-_deferred_list.patch
mm-huge_memory-remove-page_deferred_list.patch
mm-huge_memory-convert-get_deferred_split_queue-to-take-a-folio.patch
mm-convert-deferred_split_huge_page-to-deferred_split_folio.patch
shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch