linux/Documentation/filesystems
Linus Torvalds 3e48a11675 f2fs-for-7.0-rc1
In this development cycle, we focused on several key performance optimizations:
 1) introducing large folio support to enhance read speeds for immutable files,
 2) reducing checkpoint=enable latency by flushing only committed dirty pages,
 and 3) implementing tracepoints to diagnose and resolve lock priority inversion.
 Additionally, we introduced the packed_ssa feature to optimize the SSA footprint
 when utilizing large block sizes.
 
 Enhancement:
  - support large folio for immutable non-compressed case
  - support non-4KB block size without packed_ssa feature
  - optimize f2fs_enable_checkpoint() to avoid long delay
  - optimize f2fs_overwrite_io() for f2fs_iomap_begin
  - optimize NAT block loading during checkpoint write
  - add write latency stats for NAT and SIT blocks in f2fs_write_checkpoint
  - pin files do not require sbi->writepages lock for ordering
  - avoid f2fs_map_blocks() for consecutive holes in readpages
  - flush plug periodically during GC to maximize readahead effect
  - add tracepoints to catch lock overheads
  - add several sysfs entries to tune internal lock priorities
 
 Bug fix:
  - fix lock priority inversion issue
  - fix incomplete block usage in compact SSA summaries
  - fix to show simulate_lock_timeout correctly
  - fix to avoid mapping wrong physical block for swapfile
  - fix IS_CHECKPOINTED flag inconsistency issue caused by concurrent atomic
    commit and checkpoint writes
  - fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_write_end_io()
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Merge tag 'f2fs-for-7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs

Pull f2fs updates from Jaegeuk Kim:
 "In this development cycle, we focused on several key performance
  optimizations:

   - introducing large folio support to enhance read speeds for
     immutable files

   - reducing checkpoint=enable latency by flushing only committed dirty
     pages

   - implementing tracepoints to diagnose and resolve lock priority
     inversion.

  Additionally, we introduced the packed_ssa feature to optimize the SSA
  footprint when utilizing large block sizes.

  Detail summary:

  Enhancements:
   - support large folio for immutable non-compressed case
   - support non-4KB block size without packed_ssa feature
   - optimize f2fs_enable_checkpoint() to avoid long delay
   - optimize f2fs_overwrite_io() for f2fs_iomap_begin
   - optimize NAT block loading during checkpoint write
   - add write latency stats for NAT and SIT blocks in
     f2fs_write_checkpoint
   - pin files do not require sbi->writepages lock for ordering
   - avoid f2fs_map_blocks() for consecutive holes in readpages
   - flush plug periodically during GC to maximize readahead effect
   - add tracepoints to catch lock overheads
   - add several sysfs entries to tune internal lock priorities

  Fixes:
   - fix lock priority inversion issue
   - fix incomplete block usage in compact SSA summaries
   - fix to show simulate_lock_timeout correctly
   - fix to avoid mapping wrong physical block for swapfile
   - fix IS_CHECKPOINTED flag inconsistency issue caused by
     concurrent atomic commit and checkpoint writes
   - fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_write_end_io()"

* tag 'f2fs-for-7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs: (61 commits)
  f2fs: sysfs: introduce critical_task_priority
  f2fs: introduce trace_f2fs_priority_update
  f2fs: fix lock priority inversion issue
  f2fs: optimize f2fs_overwrite_io() for f2fs_iomap_begin
  f2fs: fix incomplete block usage in compact SSA summaries
  f2fs: decrease maximum flush retry count in f2fs_enable_checkpoint()
  f2fs: optimize NAT block loading during checkpoint write
  f2fs: change size parameter of __has_cursum_space() to unsigned int
  f2fs: add write latency stats for NAT and SIT blocks in f2fs_write_checkpoint
  f2fs: pin files do not require sbi->writepages lock for ordering
  f2fs: fix to show simulate_lock_timeout correctly
  f2fs: introduce FAULT_SKIP_WRITE
  f2fs: check skipped write in f2fs_enable_checkpoint()
  Revert "f2fs: add timeout in f2fs_enable_checkpoint()"
  f2fs: fix to unlock folio in f2fs_read_data_large_folio()
  f2fs: fix error path handling in f2fs_read_data_large_folio()
  f2fs: use folio_end_read
  f2fs: fix to avoid mapping wrong physical block for swapfile
  f2fs: avoid f2fs_map_blocks() for consecutive holes in readpages
  f2fs: advance index and offset after zeroing in large folio read
  ...
2026-02-14 09:48:10 -08:00
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caching doc: correcting the debug path for cachefiles 2024-10-24 13:50:27 +02:00
ext4 Documentation: ext4: Document casefold and encrypt flags 2025-11-26 17:13:34 -05:00
fuse Documentation: fuse: Consolidate FUSE docs into its own subdirectory 2025-08-27 14:29:43 +02:00
gfs2 Documentation: gfs2: Consolidate GFS2 docs into its own subdirectory 2025-10-31 21:00:43 +00:00
iomap fs, iomap: remove IOCB_DIO_CALLER_COMP 2025-11-25 10:22:18 +01:00
nfs docs: exportfs: Use source code struct documentation 2026-01-14 16:50:37 +01:00
smb cifs: add documentation for smbdirect setup 2025-06-05 10:20:48 -05:00
spufs docs: spufs: fix ppc64 architecture line break 2026-01-06 15:21:26 -07:00
xfs xfs: new code for v6.19 2025-12-03 20:19:38 -08:00
9p.rst 9p update for 6.15-rc1 2025-04-03 15:35:46 -07:00
adfs.rst
affs.rst affs: fix basic permission bits to actually work 2020-08-31 12:20:31 +02:00
afs.rst afs: Documentation: correct reference to CONFIG_AFS_FS 2023-07-21 13:46:02 -06:00
api-summary.rst docs: filesystems: add fs/open.c to api-summary 2026-01-16 11:33:15 -07:00
autofs-mount-control.rst autofs: use flexible array in ioctl structure 2023-05-30 16:42:00 -07:00
autofs.rst Documentation: filesystems: update filename extensions 2024-11-22 10:31:04 -07:00
automount-support.rst
befs.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
bfs.rst
btrfs.rst MAINTAINERS: remove links to obsolete btrfs.wiki.kernel.org 2023-09-08 14:21:27 +02:00
buffer.rst doc: split buffer.rst out of api-summary.rst 2024-05-05 17:53:40 -07:00
ceph.rst doc: ceph: update userspace command to get CephFS metadata 2024-05-23 10:35:47 +02:00
coda.rst documentation/filesystems: fix spelling mistakes 2025-02-10 10:42:28 -07:00
configfs.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
cramfs.rst
dax.rst doc: Remove misleading reference to brd in dax.rst 2025-06-25 12:49:29 -06:00
debugfs.rst docs: debugfs: do not recommend debugfs_remove_recursive 2025-04-30 19:11:04 +02:00
devpts.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
directory-locking.rst Docs: typos/spelling 2024-05-02 10:02:29 -06:00
dlmfs.rst Documentation: filesystems: update filename extensions 2024-11-22 10:31:04 -07:00
dnotify.rst
ecryptfs.rst
efivarfs.rst Documentation: Mark the 'efivars' sysfs interface as removed 2024-04-13 10:33:02 +02:00
erofs.rst A slightly calmer cycle for docs this time around, though there is still a 2026-02-09 20:53:18 -08:00
ext2.rst doc : fix a broken link in ext2.rst 2025-12-19 15:01:27 +01:00
ext3.rst
f2fs.rst f2fs: introduce FAULT_SKIP_WRITE 2026-01-27 02:45:58 +00:00
fiemap.rst fiemap: use kernel-doc includes in fiemap docbook 2024-12-22 11:29:50 +01:00
files.rst docs: filesystems: fix typo in docs 2024-02-09 10:37:20 +01:00
fscrypt.rst fscrypt: Drop obsolete recommendation to enable optimized NHPoly1305 2026-01-12 11:07:50 -08:00
fsverity.rst fsverity: Switch from crypto_shash to SHA-2 library 2025-07-14 11:29:32 -07:00
hfs.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/filesystems 2020-06-26 11:14:12 -06:00
hfsplus.rst
hpfs.rst Documentation: Fix filesystems typos 2025-08-18 10:31:19 -06:00
idmappings.rst doc: correcting two prefix errors in idmappings.rst 2025-03-05 11:54:18 +01:00
index.rst Documentation: gfs2: Consolidate GFS2 docs into its own subdirectory 2025-10-31 21:00:43 +00:00
inotify.rst
isofs.rst
journalling.rst jbd2: remove unused transaction->t_private_list 2025-02-10 07:48:24 -05:00
locking.rst vfs-7.0-rc1.namespace 2026-02-09 14:43:47 -08:00
locks.rst docs: fs: locks.rst: update comment about mandatory file locking 2021-10-19 06:48:21 -04:00
mount_api.rst fs: Remove internal old mount API code 2025-12-15 14:48:33 +01:00
multigrain-ts.rst Documentation: add a new file documenting multigrain timestamps 2024-10-10 10:20:52 +02:00
netfs_library.rst fs/netfs: remove unused flag NETFS_SREQ_SEEK_DATA_READ 2025-05-21 14:34:37 +02:00
nilfs2.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
ntfs3.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
ocfs2-online-filecheck.rst Documentation: ocfs2: Properly reindent filecheck operations list 2025-08-29 15:50:50 -06:00
ocfs2.rst docs: update ocfs2-devel mailing list address 2023-07-08 09:29:29 -07:00
omfs.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: OMFS 2020-07-13 11:24:43 -06:00
orangefs.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
overlayfs.rst overlayfs.rst: fix typos 2025-07-15 13:53:46 -06:00
path-lookup.rst Documentation: filesystems: update filename extensions 2024-11-22 10:31:04 -07:00
path-lookup.txt Documentation: filesystems: update filename extensions 2024-11-22 10:31:04 -07:00
porting.rst struct filename series 2026-02-09 16:58:28 -08:00
proc.rst docs: filesystems: ensure proc pid substitutable is complete 2026-02-02 09:49:03 -07:00
propagate_umount.txt docs: fix trailing whitespace error and remove repeated words in propagate_umount.txt 2025-08-21 12:49:01 -06:00
qnx6.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
quota.rst quota: Fixup http links in quota doc 2020-07-09 08:14:01 +02:00
ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst fs: use nullfs unconditionally as the real rootfs 2026-01-14 11:23:39 +01:00
relay.rst docs: fix 're-use' -> 'reuse' in documentation 2026-02-02 09:54:15 -07:00
resctrl.rst - Extend the resctrl machinery to support telemetry monitoring on Intel. The 2026-02-10 18:24:56 -08:00
romfs.rst
seq_file.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
sharedsubtree.rst Documentation: sharedsubtree: Convert notes to note directive 2025-08-29 16:40:01 -06:00
splice.rst
squashfs.rst Documentation: update the Squashfs filesystem documentation 2025-01-24 22:47:21 -08:00
sysfs.rst kernel.h: move VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS() to sysfs.h 2026-01-31 16:16:05 -08:00
tmpfs.rst docs: tmpfs: Add casefold options 2024-10-28 13:36:55 +01:00
ubifs-authentication.rst Documentation: treewide: Replace remaining spinics links with lore 2025-06-21 14:20:51 -06:00
ubifs.rst Documentation: ubifs: Fix compression idiom 2022-10-10 13:01:10 -06:00
udf.rst udf: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones 2020-07-14 14:37:39 +02:00
vfat.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
vfs.rst vfs-7.0-rc1.namespace 2026-02-09 14:43:47 -08:00
virtiofs.rst
zonefs.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00