From: "Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)" <kernel@pankajraghav.com>
To: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, willy@infradead.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
"Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>,
mcgrof@kernel.org, gost.dev@samsung.com, kernel@pankajraghav.com,
hch@lst.de, Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] block: use largest_zero_folio in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages()
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 16:23:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250707142319.319642-6-kernel@pankajraghav.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250707142319.319642-1-kernel@pankajraghav.com>
From: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>
Use largest_zero_folio() in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages().
On systems with CONFIG_STATIC_PMD_ZERO_PAGE enabled, we will end up
sending larger bvecs instead of multiple small ones.
Noticed a 4% increase in performance on a commercial NVMe SSD which does
not support OP_WRITE_ZEROES. The device's MDTS was 128K. The performance
gains might be bigger if the device supports bigger MDTS.
Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>
---
block/blk-lib.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 4c9f20a689f7..70a5700b6717 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ static void __blkdev_issue_zero_pages(struct block_device *bdev,
sector_t sector, sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask,
struct bio **biop, unsigned int flags)
{
+ struct folio *zero_folio;
+
+ zero_folio = largest_zero_folio();
+
while (nr_sects) {
unsigned int nr_vecs = __blkdev_sectors_to_bio_pages(nr_sects);
struct bio *bio;
@@ -208,15 +212,14 @@ static void __blkdev_issue_zero_pages(struct block_device *bdev,
break;
do {
- unsigned int len, added;
+ unsigned int len;
- len = min_t(sector_t,
- PAGE_SIZE, nr_sects << SECTOR_SHIFT);
- added = bio_add_page(bio, ZERO_PAGE(0), len, 0);
- if (added < len)
+ len = min_t(sector_t, folio_size(zero_folio),
+ nr_sects << SECTOR_SHIFT);
+ if (!bio_add_folio(bio, zero_folio, len, 0))
break;
- nr_sects -= added >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
- sector += added >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+ nr_sects -= len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+ sector += len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
} while (nr_sects);
*biop = bio_chain_and_submit(*biop, bio);
--
2.49.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-07 14:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-07 14:23 [PATCH v2 0/5] add static PMD zero page support Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-07 14:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] mm: move huge_zero_page declaration from huge_mm.h to mm.h Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-15 14:08 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-16 7:47 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-16 15:24 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-07 14:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] huge_memory: add huge_zero_page_shrinker_(init|exit) function Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-15 14:18 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-16 8:01 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-15 14:29 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-16 8:08 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-07 14:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: add static PMD zero page Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-15 14:21 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-15 14:53 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-17 10:34 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-17 11:46 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-17 12:07 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-15 15:26 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-07 14:23 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] mm: add largest_zero_folio() routine Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-15 14:16 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-15 14:46 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-15 16:13 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-07 14:23 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung) [this message]
2025-07-15 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] block: use largest_zero_folio in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages() Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-16 13:24 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-07 18:06 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] add static PMD zero page support Zi Yan
2025-07-09 8:03 ` Pankaj Raghav
2025-07-09 15:55 ` Zi Yan
2025-07-15 14:02 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-15 14:06 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-15 14:12 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-15 14:16 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-15 15:25 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-07-15 15:27 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-07 22:38 ` Andrew Morton
2025-07-09 9:59 ` Pankaj Raghav
2025-07-15 14:15 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-15 13:53 ` Pankaj Raghav
2025-07-15 14:04 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-15 15:34 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-17 10:43 ` Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-08-08 12:11 [PATCH v2 0/5] add persistent huge zero folio support Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-08-08 12:11 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] block: use largest_zero_folio in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages() Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)
2025-08-18 12:05 ` Hannes Reinecke
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