Handle ntfs_read_folio() early when the folio offset is beyond i_valid by zero-filling the folio and marking it uptodate. This avoids needless I/O and locking, improves read performance. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov --- fs/ntfs3/inode.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c index 1319b99dfeb4..ace9873adaae 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c @@ -723,6 +723,19 @@ static int ntfs_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio) struct address_space *mapping = folio->mapping; struct inode *inode = mapping->host; struct ntfs_inode *ni = ntfs_i(inode); + loff_t vbo = folio_pos(folio); + + if (unlikely(is_bad_ni(ni))) { + folio_unlock(folio); + return -EIO; + } + + if (ni->i_valid <= vbo) { + folio_zero_range(folio, 0, folio_size(folio)); + folio_mark_uptodate(folio); + folio_unlock(folio); + return 0; + } if (is_resident(ni)) { ni_lock(ni); -- 2.43.0