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* [PATCH v3 0/42] fs: Move metadata bh tracking from address_space
@ 2026-03-26  9:53 Jan Kara
  2026-03-26  9:53 ` [PATCH 01/42] ext4: Use inode_has_buffers() Jan Kara
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From: Jan Kara @ 2026-03-26  9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-fsdevel
  Cc: linux-block, Christian Brauner, Al Viro, linux-ext4, Ted Tso,
	Tigran A. Aivazian, David Sterba, OGAWA Hirofumi, Muchun Song,
	Oscar Salvador, David Hildenbrand, linux-mm, linux-aio,
	Benjamin LaHaise, Jan Kara

Hello,

here is a next revision of the patchset cleaning up buffer head metadata
tracking and use of address_space's private_list and private_lock. Functionally
this should be identical to v2, most of the changes were in improving
changelogs, patch ordering, function names, etc. The patches have survived some
testing with fstests and ltp however I didn't test AFFS and KVM guest_memfd
changes so a help with testing those would be very welcome.  Thanks.

Changes since v2:
* Added Reviewed-by tags from Christoph
* Dropped the patch unifying fsync implementation in fs/libfs.c and fs/buffer.c
* Put fsync locking change into a separate commit
* Reordered series to place all fsync path modifications close together
* Improved some changelogs
* Renamed some functions based on Christoph's feedback

Changes since v1:
* Fixed hugetlbfs handling of root directory
* Reworked mapping_metadata_bhs handling functions to get the tracking
  structure as an argument so we now don't need iops method to fetch the struct
  from the inode
* Reordered patches into more sensible order
* Added patch to merge two mostly duplicate generic fsync implementations
* Added Reviewed-by tags
* Couple more minor changes that were requested during review

Original cover letter:

this patch series cleans up the mess that has accumulated over the years in
metadata buffer_head tracking for inodes, moves the tracking into dedicated
structure in filesystem-private part of the inode (so that we don't use
private_list, private_data, and private_lock in struct address_space), and also
moves couple other users of private_data and private_list so these are removed
from struct address_space saving 3 longs in struct inode for 99% of inodes.  I
would like to get rid of private_lock in struct address_space as well however
the locking changes for buffer_heads are non-trivial there and the patch series
is long enough as is. So let's leave that for another time.

 block/bdev.c                |    1 
 fs/affs/affs.h              |    2 
 fs/affs/dir.c               |    1 
 fs/affs/file.c              |    1 
 fs/affs/inode.c             |    2 
 fs/affs/super.c             |    6 
 fs/affs/symlink.c           |    1 
 fs/aio.c                    |   78 +++++++-
 fs/bfs/bfs.h                |    2 
 fs/bfs/dir.c                |    1 
 fs/bfs/file.c               |    4 
 fs/bfs/inode.c              |    9 +
 fs/buffer.c                 |  387 +++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 fs/ext2/ext2.h              |    2 
 fs/ext2/file.c              |    1 
 fs/ext2/inode.c             |    3 
 fs/ext2/namei.c             |    2 
 fs/ext2/super.c             |    6 
 fs/ext2/symlink.c           |    2 
 fs/ext4/ext4.h              |    4 
 fs/ext4/file.c              |    1 
 fs/ext4/inode.c             |    9 -
 fs/ext4/namei.c             |    2 
 fs/ext4/super.c             |    9 -
 fs/ext4/symlink.c           |    3 
 fs/fat/fat.h                |    2 
 fs/fat/file.c               |    1 
 fs/fat/inode.c              |   16 +
 fs/fat/namei_msdos.c        |    1 
 fs/fat/namei_vfat.c         |    1 
 fs/gfs2/glock.c             |    1 
 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c        |   10 -
 fs/inode.c                  |   24 +-
 fs/minix/file.c             |    1 
 fs/minix/inode.c            |   10 +
 fs/minix/minix.h            |    2 
 fs/minix/namei.c            |    1 
 fs/ntfs3/file.c             |    3 
 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c          |    1 
 fs/ocfs2/namei.c            |    3 
 fs/udf/file.c               |    1 
 fs/udf/inode.c              |    2 
 fs/udf/namei.c              |    1 
 fs/udf/super.c              |    6 
 fs/udf/symlink.c            |    1 
 fs/udf/udf_i.h              |    1 
 fs/udf/udfdecl.h            |    1 
 include/linux/buffer_head.h |    6 
 include/linux/fs.h          |   11 -
 include/linux/hugetlb.h     |    1 
 mm/hugetlb.c                |   10 -
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c      |   12 -
 52 files changed, 360 insertions(+), 309 deletions(-)

								Honza

Previous versions:
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20260303101717.27224-1-jack@suse.cz # v1
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20260320131728.6449-1-jack@suse.cz # v2


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2026-03-26  9:53 ` [PATCH 02/42] gfs2: Don't zero i_private_data Jan Kara
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2026-03-26  9:53 ` [PATCH 05/42] bdev: Drop pointless invalidate_inode_buffers() call Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 06/42] ufs: Drop pointless invalidate_mapping_buffers() call Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 07/42] exfat: Drop pointless invalidate_inode_buffers() call Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 08/42] fs: Remove inode lock from __generic_file_fsync() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 09/42] udf: Switch to generic_buffers_fsync() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 10/42] minix: " Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 11/42] bfs: " Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 12/42] fat: Switch to generic_buffers_fsync_noflush() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 13/42] fs: Drop sync_mapping_buffers() from __generic_file_fsync() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 14/42] fs: Rename generic_file_fsync() to simple_fsync() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 15/42] fat: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from fat_evict_inode() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 16/42] udf: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from udf_evict_inode() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 17/42] minix: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from minix_evict_inode() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 18/42] ext2: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from ext2_evict_inode() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 19/42] ext4: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from ext4_evict_inode() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 20/42] bfs: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from bfs_evict_inode() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 21/42] affs: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from affs_evict_inode() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 22/42] fs: Ignore inode metadata buffers in inode_lru_isolate() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 23/42] fs: Stop using i_private_data for metadata bh tracking Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 24/42] hugetlbfs: Stop using i_private_data Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 25/42] aio: Stop using i_private_data and i_private_lock Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 26/42] fs: Remove i_private_data Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 27/42] kvm: Use private inode list instead of i_private_list Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 28/42] fs: Drop osync_buffers_list() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 29/42] fs: Fold fsync_buffers_list() into sync_mapping_buffers() Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 30/42] fs: Move metadata bhs tracking to a separate struct Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 31/42] fs: Make bhs point to mapping_metadata_bhs Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 32/42] fs: Switch inode_has_buffers() to take mapping_metadata_bhs Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 33/42] fs: Provide functions for handling mapping_metadata_bhs directly Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 34/42] ext2: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 35/42] affs: " Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 36/42] bfs: " Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 37/42] fat: " Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 38/42] udf: " Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 39/42] minix: " Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 40/42] ext4: " Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 41/42] fs: Drop mapping_metadata_bhs from address space Jan Kara
2026-03-26  9:54 ` [PATCH 42/42] fs: Drop i_private_list from address_space Jan Kara
2026-03-26 14:06 ` [PATCH v3 0/42] fs: Move metadata bh tracking " Christian Brauner

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