X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=mm%2Freadahead.c;h=77506a291a2d4caa90c64839896df7b9176bbaa1;hb=105a048a4f35f7a74c7cc20b36dd83658b6ec232;hp=a224182a3a63c36cbaea10411f1697173e724ca4;hpb=f7e839dd36fd940b0202cfb7d39b2a1b2dc59b1b;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c index a224182..77506a2 100644 --- a/mm/readahead.c +++ b/mm/readahead.c @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -133,15 +134,12 @@ out: } /* - * do_page_cache_readahead actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all + * __do_page_cache_readahead() actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all * the pages first, then submits them all for I/O. This avoids the very bad * behaviour which would occur if page allocations are causing VM writeback. * We really don't want to intermingle reads and writes like that. * * Returns the number of pages requested, or the maximum amount of I/O allowed. - * - * do_page_cache_readahead() returns -1 if it encountered request queue - * congestion. */ static int __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, @@ -232,22 +230,6 @@ int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, } /* - * This version skips the IO if the queue is read-congested, and will tell the - * block layer to abandon the readahead if request allocation would block. - * - * force_page_cache_readahead() will ignore queue congestion and will block on - * request queues. - */ -int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, - pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read) -{ - if (bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info)) - return -1; - - return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read, 0); -} - -/* * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a * sensible upper limit. */ @@ -260,7 +242,7 @@ unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr) /* * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state. */ -static unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra, +unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp) { int actual; @@ -349,6 +331,59 @@ static unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra, */ /* + * Count contiguously cached pages from @offset-1 to @offset-@max, + * this count is a conservative estimation of + * - length of the sequential read sequence, or + * - thrashing threshold in memory tight systems + */ +static pgoff_t count_history_pages(struct address_space *mapping, + struct file_ra_state *ra, + pgoff_t offset, unsigned long max) +{ + pgoff_t head; + + rcu_read_lock(); + head = radix_tree_prev_hole(&mapping->page_tree, offset - 1, max); + rcu_read_unlock(); + + return offset - 1 - head; +} + +/* + * page cache context based read-ahead + */ +static int try_context_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, + struct file_ra_state *ra, + pgoff_t offset, + unsigned long req_size, + unsigned long max) +{ + pgoff_t size; + + size = count_history_pages(mapping, ra, offset, max); + + /* + * no history pages: + * it could be a random read + */ + if (!size) + return 0; + + /* + * starts from beginning of file: + * it is a strong indication of long-run stream (or whole-file-read) + */ + if (size >= offset) + size *= 2; + + ra->start = offset; + ra->size = get_init_ra_size(size + req_size, max); + ra->async_size = ra->size; + + return 1; +} + +/* * A minimal readahead algorithm for trivial sequential/random reads. */ static unsigned long @@ -357,34 +392,26 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, bool hit_readahead_marker, pgoff_t offset, unsigned long req_size) { - int max = ra->ra_pages; /* max readahead pages */ - pgoff_t prev_offset; - int sequential; + unsigned long max = max_sane_readahead(ra->ra_pages); + + /* + * start of file + */ + if (!offset) + goto initial_readahead; /* * It's the expected callback offset, assume sequential access. * Ramp up sizes, and push forward the readahead window. */ - if (offset && (offset == (ra->start + ra->size - ra->async_size) || - offset == (ra->start + ra->size))) { + if ((offset == (ra->start + ra->size - ra->async_size) || + offset == (ra->start + ra->size))) { ra->start += ra->size; ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max); ra->async_size = ra->size; goto readit; } - prev_offset = ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT; - sequential = offset - prev_offset <= 1UL || req_size > max; - - /* - * Standalone, small read. - * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state. - */ - if (!hit_readahead_marker && !sequential) { - return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, - offset, req_size, 0); - } - /* * Hit a marked page without valid readahead state. * E.g. interleaved reads. @@ -395,7 +422,7 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t start; rcu_read_lock(); - start = radix_tree_next_hole(&mapping->page_tree, offset,max+1); + start = radix_tree_next_hole(&mapping->page_tree, offset+1,max); rcu_read_unlock(); if (!start || start - offset > max) @@ -403,23 +430,53 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, ra->start = start; ra->size = start - offset; /* old async_size */ + ra->size += req_size; ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max); ra->async_size = ra->size; goto readit; } /* - * It may be one of - * - first read on start of file - * - sequential cache miss - * - oversize random read - * Start readahead for it. + * oversize read + */ + if (req_size > max) + goto initial_readahead; + + /* + * sequential cache miss */ + if (offset - (ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) <= 1UL) + goto initial_readahead; + + /* + * Query the page cache and look for the traces(cached history pages) + * that a sequential stream would leave behind. + */ + if (try_context_readahead(mapping, ra, offset, req_size, max)) + goto readit; + + /* + * standalone, small random read + * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state. + */ + return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size, 0); + +initial_readahead: ra->start = offset; ra->size = get_init_ra_size(req_size, max); ra->async_size = ra->size > req_size ? ra->size - req_size : ra->size; readit: + /* + * Will this read hit the readahead marker made by itself? + * If so, trigger the readahead marker hit now, and merge + * the resulted next readahead window into the current one. + */ + if (offset == ra->start && ra->size == ra->async_size) { + ra->async_size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max); + ra->size += ra->async_size; + } + return ra_submit(ra, mapping, filp); } @@ -445,6 +502,12 @@ void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, if (!ra->ra_pages) return; + /* be dumb */ + if (filp && (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM)) { + force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size); + return; + } + /* do read-ahead */ ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, false, offset, req_size); } @@ -460,7 +523,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_sync_readahead); * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in * pagecache pages * - * page_cache_async_ondemand() should be called when a page is used which + * page_cache_async_readahead() should be called when a page is used which * has the PG_readahead flag; this is a marker to suggest that the application * has used up enough of the readahead window that we should start pulling in * more pages. @@ -491,5 +554,17 @@ page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, /* do read-ahead */ ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, true, offset, req_size); + +#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK + /* + * Normally the current page is !uptodate and lock_page() will be + * immediately called to implicitly unplug the device. However this + * is not always true for RAID conifgurations, where data arrives + * not strictly in their submission order. In this case we need to + * explicitly kick off the IO. + */ + if (PageUptodate(page)) + blk_run_backing_dev(mapping->backing_dev_info, NULL); +#endif } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_async_readahead);