From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matheus Alves de Almeida <matheus.aalmeida@inf.ufrgs.br>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] fat: remove cluster allocation size limit
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:17:08 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ld81n3jf.fsf@mail.parknet.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261012171106.146243-2-matheus.aalmeida@inf.ufrgs.br>
Matheus Alves de Almeida <matheus.aalmeida@inf.ufrgs.br> writes:
> fat_alloc_clusters() currently BUG()s when asked to allocate more than
> MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE / 2 clusters. This limit comes from the buffer_head
> array used to defer syncing and mirroring.
>
> Remove the allocation size limit by doing buffer_head batching like
> fat_free_clusters() does.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matheus Alves de Almeida <matheus.aalmeida@inf.ufrgs.br>
Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
Looks good. Thanks.
> ---
> fs/fat/fatent.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fat/fatent.c b/fs/fat/fatent.c
> index f0801d99d..bfab8eab5 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/fatent.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/fatent.c
> @@ -468,6 +468,26 @@ static void fat_collect_bhs(struct buffer_head **bhs, int *nr_bhs,
> }
> }
>
> +static int fat_flush_bhs(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head **bhs,
> + int *nr_bhs, bool sync)
> +{
> + int err, i;
> +
> + if (sync) {
> + err = fat_sync_bhs(bhs, *nr_bhs);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + }
> + err = fat_mirror_bhs(sb, bhs, *nr_bhs);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + for (i = 0; i < *nr_bhs; i++)
> + brelse(bhs[i]);
> + *nr_bhs = 0;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> int fat_alloc_clusters(struct inode *inode, int *cluster, int nr_cluster)
> {
> struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
> @@ -477,8 +497,6 @@ int fat_alloc_clusters(struct inode *inode, int *cluster, int nr_cluster)
> struct buffer_head *bhs[MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE];
> int i, count, err, nr_bhs, idx_clus;
>
> - BUG_ON(nr_cluster > (MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE / 2)); /* fixed limit */
> -
> lock_fat(sbi);
> if (sbi->free_clusters != -1 && sbi->free_clus_valid &&
> sbi->free_clusters < nr_cluster) {
> @@ -509,14 +527,21 @@ int fat_alloc_clusters(struct inode *inode, int *cluster, int nr_cluster)
> if (prev_ent.nr_bhs)
> ops->ent_put(&prev_ent, entry);
>
> - fat_collect_bhs(bhs, &nr_bhs, &fatent);
> -
> sbi->prev_free = entry;
> if (sbi->free_clusters != -1)
> sbi->free_clusters--;
>
> cluster[idx_clus] = entry;
> idx_clus++;
> +
> + if (nr_bhs + fatent.nr_bhs > MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE) {
> + err = fat_flush_bhs(sb, bhs, &nr_bhs,
> + inode_needs_sync(inode));
> + if (err)
> + goto out;
> + }
> + fat_collect_bhs(bhs, &nr_bhs, &fatent);
> +
> if (idx_clus == nr_cluster)
> goto out;
>
> @@ -606,17 +631,10 @@ int fat_free_clusters(struct inode *inode, int cluster)
> }
>
> if (nr_bhs + fatent.nr_bhs > MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE) {
> - if (sb->s_flags & SB_SYNCHRONOUS) {
> - err = fat_sync_bhs(bhs, nr_bhs);
> - if (err)
> - goto error;
> - }
> - err = fat_mirror_bhs(sb, bhs, nr_bhs);
> + err = fat_flush_bhs(sb, bhs, &nr_bhs,
> + sb->s_flags & SB_SYNCHRONOUS);
> if (err)
> goto error;
> - for (i = 0; i < nr_bhs; i++)
> - brelse(bhs[i]);
> - nr_bhs = 0;
> }
> fat_collect_bhs(bhs, &nr_bhs, &fatent);
> } while (cluster != FAT_ENT_EOF);
--
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-13 13:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-12 17:11 [PATCH v2 0/3] fat: allocate multiple clusters in fallocate Matheus Alves de Almeida
2026-10-12 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] fat: remove cluster allocation size limit Matheus Alves de Almeida
2026-10-13 13:17 ` OGAWA Hirofumi [this message]
2026-10-12 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] fat: support adding multiple clusters Matheus Alves de Almeida
2026-10-13 13:17 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2026-10-12 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] fat: allocate multiple clusters in fallocate Matheus Alves de Almeida
2026-10-13 13:17 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
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