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f2fs: optimize f2fs_overwrite_io() for f2fs_iomap_begin
authorYeongjin Gil <youngjin.gil@samsung.com>
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:45:27 +0000 (19:45 +0900)
committerJaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:23:31 +0000 (03:23 +0000)
commitd860974a7e38d35e9e2c4dc8a9f4223b38b6ad99
treee6ae1557b5af899915f4a47a3fb8d6ef6db7c2b2
parent91b76f1059b60f453b51877f29f0e35693737383
f2fs: optimize f2fs_overwrite_io() for f2fs_iomap_begin

When overwriting already allocated blocks, f2fs_iomap_begin() calls
f2fs_overwrite_io() to check block mappings. However,
f2fs_overwrite_io() iterates through all mapped blocks in the range,
which can be inefficient for fragmented files with large I/O requests.

This patch optimizes f2fs_overwrite_io() by adding a 'check_first'
parameter and introducing __f2fs_overwrite_io() helper. When called from
f2fs_iomap_begin(), we only check the first mapping to determine if the
range is already allocated, which is sufficient for setting
map.m_may_create.

This optimization significantly reduces the number of f2fs_map_blocks()
calls in f2fs_overwrite_io() when called from f2fs_iomap_begin(),
especially for fragmented files with large I/O requests.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 351bc761338d ("f2fs: optimize f2fs DIO overwrites")
Reviewed-by: Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Sunmin Jeong <s_min.jeong@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Yeongjin Gil <youngjin.gil@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
fs/f2fs/data.c