[PATCH] erofs: use inode_set_cached_link()

Hongbo Li lihongbo22 at huawei.com
Wed Jan 28 18:16:08 AEDT 2026



On 2026/1/28 12:58, Gao Xiang wrote:
> Symlink lengths are now cached in in-memory inodes directly so that
> readlink can be sped up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com>

Reviewed-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22 at huawei.com>

Thanks,
Hongbo

> ---
>   fs/erofs/inode.c | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/erofs/inode.c b/fs/erofs/inode.c
> index 2e02d4b466ce..6afe487eb9be 100644
> --- a/fs/erofs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/erofs/inode.c
> @@ -8,21 +8,23 @@
>   #include <linux/compat.h>
>   #include <trace/events/erofs.h>
>   
> -static int erofs_fill_symlink(struct inode *inode, void *kaddr,
> -			      unsigned int m_pofs)
> +static int erofs_fill_symlink(struct inode *inode, void *bptr, unsigned int ofs)
>   {
>   	struct erofs_inode *vi = EROFS_I(inode);
> -	loff_t off;
> -
> -	m_pofs += vi->xattr_isize;
> -	/* check if it cannot be handled with fast symlink scheme */
> -	if (vi->datalayout != EROFS_INODE_FLAT_INLINE ||
> -	    check_add_overflow(m_pofs, inode->i_size, &off) ||
> -	    off > i_blocksize(inode))
> -		return 0;
> -
> -	inode->i_link = kmemdup_nul(kaddr + m_pofs, inode->i_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	return inode->i_link ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
> +	char *link;
> +	loff_t end;
> +
> +	ofs += vi->xattr_isize;
> +	/* check whether the symlink data is small enough to be inlined */
> +	if (vi->datalayout == EROFS_INODE_FLAT_INLINE &&
> +	    !check_add_overflow(ofs, inode->i_size, &end) &&
> +	    end <= i_blocksize(inode)) {
> +		link = kmemdup_nul(bptr + ofs, inode->i_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (!link)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +		inode_set_cached_link(inode, link, inode->i_size);
> +	}
> +	return 0;
>   }
>   
>   static int erofs_read_inode(struct inode *inode)


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