linux-ext4 - [RFC PATCH v2 4/6] ext4: add a hole extent entry in cache after punch

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:02:21 +0800
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...weicloud.com>
To: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc: tytso@....edu,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
	jack@...e.cz,
	yi.zhang@...wei.com,
	yi.zhang@...weicloud.com,
	chengzhihao1@...wei.com,
	yukuai3@...wei.com
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 4/6] ext4: add a hole extent entry in cache after punch

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>

In order to cache hole extents in the extent status tree and keep the
hole length as long as possible, re-add a hole entry to the cache just
after punching a hole.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 142c67f5c7fc..1b5e6409f958 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4000,12 +4000,12 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 
 	/* If there are blocks to remove, do it */
 	if (stop_block > first_block) {
+		ext4_lblk_t hole_len = stop_block - first_block;
 
 		down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 
-		ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, first_block,
-				      stop_block - first_block);
+		ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, first_block, hole_len);
 
 		if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
 			ret = ext4_ext_remove_space(inode, first_block,
@@ -4014,6 +4014,8 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 			ret = ext4_ind_remove_space(handle, inode, first_block,
 						    stop_block);
 
+		ext4_es_insert_extent(inode, first_block, hole_len, ~0,
+				      EXTENT_STATUS_HOLE);
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	}
 	ext4_fc_track_range(handle, inode, first_block, stop_block);
-- 
2.39.2