| From: |
| Chi Zhiling <chizhiling-AT-163.com> |
| To: |
| linux-fsdevel-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH v2 00/13] Enable multi-cluster fetching for exfat_get_block. |
| Date: |
| Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:49:16 +0800 |
| Message-ID: |
| <20260108074929.356683-1-chizhiling@163.com> |
| Cc: |
| Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon-AT-kernel.org>, Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo-AT-samsung.com>, Yuezhang Mo <yuezhang.mo-AT-sony.com>, Chi Zhiling <chizhiling-AT-kylinos.cn> |
From: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@kylinos.cn>
This patch series significantly improves exFAT read performance
by adding multi-cluster mapping support.
The changes reduce get_block calls during sequential reads,
particularly benefiting small cluster sizes.
- Extends exfat_get_cluster() and exfat_map_cluster() to handle multiple contiguous clusters
- Adds buffer head caching for FAT table reads
Performance results show ~10% improvement for 512-byte clusters (454->511 MB/s)
and reduced get_block overhead from 10.8% to 0.02% for NO_FAT_CHAIN files.
All criticism and suggestions are welcome :)
Changes:
- Cache the last dis-continuous cluster
- Continue collect clusters after cache hit
- Some cleanup.
V1:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20251226094440.4555...
rfc:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20251118082208.1034...
Chi Zhiling (13):
exfat: add cache option for __exfat_ent_get
exfat: support reuse buffer head for exfat_ent_get
exfat: improve exfat_count_num_clusters
exfat: improve exfat_find_last_cluster
exfat: remove the check for infinite cluster chain loop
exfat: remove the unreachable warning for cache miss cases
exfat: reduce the number of parameters for exfat_get_cluster()
exfat: reuse cache to improve exfat_get_cluster
exfat: remove handling of non-file types in exfat_map_cluster
exfat: support multi-cluster for exfat_map_cluster
exfat: tweak cluster cache to support zero offset
exfat: return the start of next cache in exfat_cache_lookup
exfat: support multi-cluster for exfat_get_cluster
fs/exfat/cache.c | 149 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h | 7 +--
fs/exfat/fatent.c | 61 +++++++++++-------
fs/exfat/inode.c | 52 ++++++----------
4 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)
base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
prerequisite-patch-id: e5f54b5b252924be0d139310a81d57eda55bead3
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2.43.0