[PATCH 31/42] fs: Make bhs point to mapping_metadata_bhs

Jan Kara <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:54:25 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.aio.general,gmane.linux.file-systems,gmane.linux.block,gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4,gmane.linux.kernel.mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Make buffer heads point to mapping_metadata_bhs instead of struct
address_space. This makes the code more self contained. For the (only)
case of IO error handling where we really need to reach struct
address_space add a pointer to the mapping from mapping_metadata_bhs.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
---
 fs/buffer.c                 | 34 ++++++++++++++++------------------
 fs/inode.c                  |  1 +
 include/linux/buffer_head.h |  4 ++--
 include/linux/fs.h          |  1 +
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 294f9cd07f42..67b3d4624503 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -497,13 +497,12 @@ static void __remove_assoc_queue(struct mapping_metadata_bhs *mmb,
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&mmb->lock);
 	list_del_init(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
-	WARN_ON(!bh->b_assoc_map);
-	bh->b_assoc_map = NULL;
+	WARN_ON(!bh->b_mmb);
+	bh->b_mmb = NULL;
 }
 
 static void remove_assoc_queue(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping;
 	struct mapping_metadata_bhs *mmb;
 
 	/*
@@ -514,13 +513,12 @@ static void remove_assoc_queue(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	 * opportunistically acquire the lock and then recheck the bh
 	 * didn't move under us.
 	 */
-	while (bh->b_assoc_map) {
+	while (bh->b_mmb) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		mapping = READ_ONCE(bh->b_assoc_map);
-		if (mapping) {
-			mmb = &mapping->i_metadata_bhs;
+		mmb = READ_ONCE(bh->b_mmb);
+		if (mmb) {
 			spin_lock(&mmb->lock);
-			if (bh->b_assoc_map == mapping)
+			if (bh->b_mmb == mmb)
 				__remove_assoc_queue(mmb, bh);
 			spin_unlock(&mmb->lock);
 		}
@@ -551,9 +549,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_has_buffers);
  * Do this in two main stages: first we copy dirty buffers to a
  * temporary inode list, queueing the writes as we go. Then we clean
  * up, waiting for those writes to complete. mark_buffer_dirty_inode()
- * doesn't touch b_assoc_buffers list if b_assoc_map is not NULL so we
- * are sure the buffer stays on our list until IO completes (at which point
- * it can be reaped).
+ * doesn't touch b_assoc_buffers list if b_mmb is not NULL so we are sure the
+ * buffer stays on our list until IO completes (at which point it can be
+ * reaped).
  */
 int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping)
 {
@@ -571,14 +569,14 @@ int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping)
 	spin_lock(&mmb->lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&mmb->list)) {
 		bh = BH_ENTRY(mmb->list.next);
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(bh->b_assoc_map != mapping);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(bh->b_mmb != mmb);
 		__remove_assoc_queue(mmb, bh);
 		/* Avoid race with mark_buffer_dirty_inode() which does
 		 * a lockless check and we rely on seeing the dirty bit */
 		smp_mb();
 		if (buffer_dirty(bh) || buffer_locked(bh)) {
 			list_add(&bh->b_assoc_buffers, &tmp);
-			bh->b_assoc_map = mapping;
+			bh->b_mmb = mmb;
 			if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 				get_bh(bh);
 				spin_unlock(&mmb->lock);
@@ -616,7 +614,7 @@ int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping)
 		smp_mb();
 		if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 			list_add(&bh->b_assoc_buffers, &mmb->list);
-			bh->b_assoc_map = mapping;
+			bh->b_mmb = mmb;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&mmb->lock);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
@@ -724,11 +722,11 @@ void mark_buffer_dirty_inode(struct buffer_head *bh, struct inode *inode)
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	if (!bh->b_assoc_map) {
+	if (!bh->b_mmb) {
 		spin_lock(&mapping->i_metadata_bhs.lock);
 		list_move_tail(&bh->b_assoc_buffers,
 				&mapping->i_metadata_bhs.list);
-		bh->b_assoc_map = mapping;
+		bh->b_mmb = &mapping->i_metadata_bhs;
 		spin_unlock(&mapping->i_metadata_bhs.lock);
 	}
 }
@@ -1124,8 +1122,8 @@ void mark_buffer_write_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	/* FIXME: do we need to set this in both places? */
 	if (bh->b_folio && bh->b_folio->mapping)
 		mapping_set_error(bh->b_folio->mapping, -EIO);
-	if (bh->b_assoc_map)
-		mapping_set_error(bh->b_assoc_map, -EIO);
+	if (bh->b_mmb)
+		mapping_set_error(bh->b_mmb->mapping, -EIO);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_write_io_error);
 
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 393f586d050a..3874b933abdb 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ int inode_init_always_gfp(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode, gfp_t gfp
 
 	mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
 	mapping->host = inode;
+	mapping->i_metadata_bhs.mapping = mapping;
 	mapping->flags = 0;
 	mapping->wb_err = 0;
 	atomic_set(&mapping->i_mmap_writable, 0);
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index 631bf971efc0..20636599d858 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ struct buffer_head {
 	bh_end_io_t *b_end_io;		/* I/O completion */
  	void *b_private;		/* reserved for b_end_io */
 	struct list_head b_assoc_buffers; /* associated with another mapping */
-	struct address_space *b_assoc_map;	/* mapping this buffer is
-						   associated with */
+	struct mapping_metadata_bhs *b_mmb; /* head of the list of metadata bhs
+					     * this buffer is associated with */
 	atomic_t b_count;		/* users using this buffer_head */
 	spinlock_t b_uptodate_lock;	/* Used by the first bh in a page, to
 					 * serialise IO completion of other
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 76360b0040e0..fa2a812bd718 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ extern const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
 
 /* Structure for tracking metadata buffer heads associated with the mapping */
 struct mapping_metadata_bhs {
+	struct address_space *mapping;	/* Mapping bhs are associated with */
 	spinlock_t lock;	/* Lock protecting bh list */
 	struct list_head list;	/* The list of bhs (b_assoc_buffers) */
 };
-- 
2.51.0


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