linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]f2fs: Convert f2fs_write_cache_pages() to use filemap_get_folios

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:51:00 +0800
From:   Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>
To:     willy@...radead.org
Cc:     chao@...nel.org, fengnanchang@...il.com,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, vishal.moola@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]f2fs: Convert f2fs_write_cache_pages() to use filemap_get_folios_tag()

Hi,

> Thanks for reviewing this.  I think the real solution to this is
> that f2fs should be using large folios.  That way, the page cache
> will keep track of dirtiness on a per-folio basis, and if your folios
> are at least as large as your cluster size, you won't need to do the
> f2fs_prepare_compress_overwrite() dance.  And you'll get at least fifteen
> dirty folios per call instead of fifteen dirty pages, so your costs will
> be much lower.
>
> Is anyone interested in doing the work to convert f2fs to support
> large folios?  I can help, or you can look at the work done for XFS,
> AFS and a few other filesystems.

Seems like an interesting job. Not sure if I can be of any help.
What needs to be done currently to support large folio?

Are there any roadmaps and reference documents.

Thx,
Yangtao