readahead: data structure and routines

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / mm / readahead.c

/*
 * mm/readahead.c - address_space-level file readahead.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds
 *
 * 09Apr2002    akpm@zip.com.au
 *              Initial version.
 */

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
#include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
#include <linux/pagevec.h>

void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
{
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_unplug_io_fn);

/*
 * Convienent macros for min/max read-ahead pages.
 * Note that MAX_RA_PAGES is rounded down, while MIN_RA_PAGES is rounded up.
 * The latter is necessary for systems with large page size(i.e. 64k).
 */
#define MAX_RA_PAGES    (VM_MAX_READAHEAD*1024 / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
#define MIN_RA_PAGES    DIV_ROUND_UP(VM_MIN_READAHEAD*1024, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)

struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
        .ra_pages       = MAX_RA_PAGES,
        .state          = 0,
        .capabilities   = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY,
        .unplug_io_fn   = default_unplug_io_fn,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info);

/*
 * Initialise a struct file's readahead state.  Assumes that the caller has
 * memset *ra to zero.
 */
void
file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping)
{
        ra->ra_pages = mapping->backing_dev_info->ra_pages;
        ra->prev_index = -1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init);

/*
 * Return max readahead size for this inode in number-of-pages.
 */
static inline unsigned long get_max_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
{
        return ra->ra_pages;
}

static inline unsigned long get_min_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
{
        return MIN_RA_PAGES;
}

static inline void reset_ahead_window(struct file_ra_state *ra)
{
        /*
         * ... but preserve ahead_start + ahead_size value,
         * see 'recheck:' label in page_cache_readahead().
         * Note: We never use ->ahead_size as rvalue without
         * checking ->ahead_start != 0 first.
         */
        ra->ahead_size += ra->ahead_start;
        ra->ahead_start = 0;
}

static inline void ra_off(struct file_ra_state *ra)
{
        ra->start = 0;
        ra->flags = 0;
        ra->size = 0;
        reset_ahead_window(ra);
        return;
}

/*
 * Set the initial window size, round to next power of 2 and square
 * for small size, x 4 for medium, and x 2 for large
 * for 128k (32 page) max ra
 * 1-8 page = 32k initial, > 8 page = 128k initial
 */
static unsigned long get_init_ra_size(unsigned long size, unsigned long max)
{
        unsigned long newsize = roundup_pow_of_two(size);

        if (newsize <= max / 32)
                newsize = newsize * 4;
        else if (newsize <= max / 4)
                newsize = newsize * 2;
        else
                newsize = max;
        return newsize;
}

/*
 * Set the new window size, this is called only when I/O is to be submitted,
 * not for each call to readahead.  If a cache miss occured, reduce next I/O
 * size, else increase depending on how close to max we are.
 */
static inline unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra)
{
        unsigned long max = get_max_readahead(ra);
        unsigned long min = get_min_readahead(ra);
        unsigned long cur = ra->size;
        unsigned long newsize;

        if (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_MISS) {
                ra->flags &= ~RA_FLAG_MISS;
                newsize = max((cur - 2), min);
        } else if (cur < max / 16) {
                newsize = 4 * cur;
        } else {
                newsize = 2 * cur;
        }
        return min(newsize, max);
}

#define list_to_page(head) (list_entry((head)->prev, struct page, lru))

/**
 * read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages & start reads against them
 * @mapping: the address_space
 * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages.  These
 *   pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
 * @filler: callback routine for filling a single page.
 * @data: private data for the callback routine.
 *
 * Hides the details of the LRU cache etc from the filesystems.
 */
int read_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
                        int (*filler)(void *, struct page *), void *data)
{
        struct page *page;
        struct pagevec lru_pvec;
        int ret = 0;

        pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);

        while (!list_empty(pages)) {
                page = list_to_page(pages);
                list_del(&page->lru);
                if (add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
                        page_cache_release(page);
                        continue;
                }
                ret = filler(data, page);
                if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
                        __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
                if (ret) {
                        put_pages_list(pages);
                        break;
                }
                task_io_account_read(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
        }
        pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
        return ret;
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages);

static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
                struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
{
        unsigned page_idx;
        struct pagevec lru_pvec;
        int ret;

        if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) {
                ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
                /* Clean up the remaining pages */
                put_pages_list(pages);
                goto out;
        }

        pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);
        for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_pages; page_idx++) {
                struct page *page = list_to_page(pages);
                list_del(&page->lru);
                if (!add_to_page_cache(page, mapping,
                                        page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
                        mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page);
                        if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
                                __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
                } else
                        page_cache_release(page);
        }
        pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
        ret = 0;
out:
        return ret;
}

/*
 * Readahead design.
 *
 * The fields in struct file_ra_state represent the most-recently-executed
 * readahead attempt:
 *
 * start:       Page index at which we started the readahead
 * size:        Number of pages in that read
 *              Together, these form the "current window".
 *              Together, start and size represent the `readahead window'.
 * prev_index:  The page which the readahead algorithm most-recently inspected.
 *              It is mainly used to detect sequential file reading.
 *              If page_cache_readahead sees that it is again being called for
 *              a page which it just looked at, it can return immediately without
 *              making any state changes.
 * offset:      Offset in the prev_index where the last read ended - used for
 *              detection of sequential file reading.
 * ahead_start,
 * ahead_size:  Together, these form the "ahead window".
 * ra_pages:    The externally controlled max readahead for this fd.
 *
 * When readahead is in the off state (size == 0), readahead is disabled.
 * In this state, prev_index is used to detect the resumption of sequential I/O.
 *
 * The readahead code manages two windows - the "current" and the "ahead"
 * windows.  The intent is that while the application is walking the pages
 * in the current window, I/O is underway on the ahead window.  When the
 * current window is fully traversed, it is replaced by the ahead window
 * and the ahead window is invalidated.  When this copying happens, the
 * new current window's pages are probably still locked.  So
 * we submit a new batch of I/O immediately, creating a new ahead window.
 *
 * So:
 *
 *   ----|----------------|----------------|-----
 *       ^start           ^start+size
 *                        ^ahead_start     ^ahead_start+ahead_size
 *
 *         ^ When this page is read, we submit I/O for the
 *           ahead window.
 *
 * A `readahead hit' occurs when a read request is made against a page which is
 * the next sequential page. Ahead window calculations are done only when it
 * is time to submit a new IO.  The code ramps up the size agressively at first,
 * but slow down as it approaches max_readhead.
 *
 * Any seek/ramdom IO will result in readahead being turned off.  It will resume
 * at the first sequential access.
 *
 * There is a special-case: if the first page which the application tries to
 * read happens to be the first page of the file, it is assumed that a linear
 * read is about to happen and the window is immediately set to the initial size
 * based on I/O request size and the max_readahead.
 *
 * This function is to be called for every read request, rather than when
 * it is time to perform readahead.  It is called only once for the entire I/O
 * regardless of size unless readahead is unable to start enough I/O to satisfy
 * the request (I/O request > max_readahead).
 */

/*
 * 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,
                        pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
                        unsigned long lookahead_size)
{
        struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
        struct page *page;
        unsigned long end_index;        /* The last page we want to read */
        LIST_HEAD(page_pool);
        int page_idx;
        int ret = 0;
        loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);

        if (isize == 0)
                goto out;

        end_index = ((isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);

        /*
         * Preallocate as many pages as we will need.
         */
        read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
        for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) {
                pgoff_t page_offset = offset + page_idx;
                
                if (page_offset > end_index)
                        break;

                page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset);
                if (page)
                        continue;

                read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
                page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
                read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
                if (!page)
                        break;
                page->index = page_offset;
                list_add(&page->lru, &page_pool);
                if (page_idx == nr_to_read - lookahead_size)
                        SetPageReadahead(page);
                ret++;
        }
        read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);

        /*
         * Now start the IO.  We ignore I/O errors - if the page is not
         * uptodate then the caller will launch readpage again, and
         * will then handle the error.
         */
        if (ret)
                read_pages(mapping, filp, &page_pool, ret);
        BUG_ON(!list_empty(&page_pool));
out:
        return ret;
}

/*
 * Chunk the readahead into 2 megabyte units, so that we don't pin too much
 * memory at once.
 */
int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
                pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
{
        int ret = 0;

        if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages))
                return -EINVAL;

        while (nr_to_read) {
                int err;

                unsigned long this_chunk = (2 * 1024 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;

                if (this_chunk > nr_to_read)
                        this_chunk = nr_to_read;
                err = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
                                                offset, this_chunk, 0);
                if (err < 0) {
                        ret = err;
                        break;
                }
                ret += err;
                offset += this_chunk;
                nr_to_read -= this_chunk;
        }
        return ret;
}

/*
 * Check how effective readahead is being.  If the amount of started IO is
 * less than expected then the file is partly or fully in pagecache and
 * readahead isn't helping.
 *
 */
static inline int check_ra_success(struct file_ra_state *ra,
                        unsigned long nr_to_read, unsigned long actual)
{
        if (actual == 0) {
                ra->cache_hit += nr_to_read;
                if (ra->cache_hit >= VM_MAX_CACHE_HIT) {
                        ra_off(ra);
                        ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_INCACHE;
                        return 0;
                }
        } else {
                ra->cache_hit=0;
        }
        return 1;
}

/*
 * 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);
}

/*
 * Read 'nr_to_read' pages starting at page 'offset'. If the flag 'block'
 * is set wait till the read completes.  Otherwise attempt to read without
 * blocking.
 * Returns 1 meaning 'success' if read is successful without switching off
 * readahead mode. Otherwise return failure.
 */
static int
blockable_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
                        pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
                        struct file_ra_state *ra, int block)
{
        int actual;

        if (!block && bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info))
                return 0;

        actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read, 0);

        return check_ra_success(ra, nr_to_read, actual);
}

static int make_ahead_window(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
                                struct file_ra_state *ra, int force)
{
        int block, ret;

        ra->ahead_size = get_next_ra_size(ra);
        ra->ahead_start = ra->start + ra->size;

        block = force || (ra->prev_index >= ra->ahead_start);
        ret = blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
                        ra->ahead_start, ra->ahead_size, ra, block);

        if (!ret && !force) {
                /* A read failure in blocking mode, implies pages are
                 * all cached. So we can safely assume we have taken
                 * care of all the pages requested in this call.
                 * A read failure in non-blocking mode, implies we are
                 * reading more pages than requested in this call.  So
                 * we safely assume we have taken care of all the pages
                 * requested in this call.
                 *
                 * Just reset the ahead window in case we failed due to
                 * congestion.  The ahead window will any way be closed
                 * in case we failed due to excessive page cache hits.
                 */
                reset_ahead_window(ra);
        }

        return ret;
}

/**
 * page_cache_readahead - generic adaptive readahead
 * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
 * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
 * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages()
 * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units
 * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
 *            PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units
 *
 * page_cache_readahead() is the main function.  It performs the adaptive
 * readahead window size management and submits the readahead I/O.
 *
 * Note that @filp is purely used for passing on to the ->readpage[s]()
 * handler: it may refer to a different file from @mapping (so we may not use
 * @filp->f_mapping or @filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode here).
 * Also, @ra may not be equal to &@filp->f_ra.
 *
 */
unsigned long
page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
                     struct file *filp, pgoff_t offset, unsigned long req_size)
{
        unsigned long max, newsize;
        int sequential;

        /*
         * We avoid doing extra work and bogusly perturbing the readahead
         * window expansion logic.
         */
        if (offset == ra->prev_index && --req_size)
                ++offset;

        /* Note that prev_index == -1 if it is a first read */
        sequential = (offset == ra->prev_index + 1);
        ra->prev_index = offset;
        ra->prev_offset = 0;

        max = get_max_readahead(ra);
        newsize = min(req_size, max);

        /* No readahead or sub-page sized read or file already in cache */
        if (newsize == 0 || (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_INCACHE))
                goto out;

        ra->prev_index += newsize - 1;

        /*
         * Special case - first read at start of file. We'll assume it's
         * a whole-file read and grow the window fast.  Or detect first
         * sequential access
         */
        if (sequential && ra->size == 0) {
                ra->size = get_init_ra_size(newsize, max);
                ra->start = offset;
                if (!blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset,
                                                         ra->size, ra, 1))
                        goto out;

                /*
                 * If the request size is larger than our max readahead, we
                 * at least want to be sure that we get 2 IOs in flight and
                 * we know that we will definitly need the new I/O.
                 * once we do this, subsequent calls should be able to overlap
                 * IOs,* thus preventing stalls. so issue the ahead window
                 * immediately.
                 */
                if (req_size >= max)
                        make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 1);

                goto out;
        }

        /*
         * Now handle the random case:
         * partial page reads and first access were handled above,
         * so this must be the next page otherwise it is random
         */
        if (!sequential) {
                ra_off(ra);
                blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset,
                                 newsize, ra, 1);
                goto out;
        }

        /*
         * If we get here we are doing sequential IO and this was not the first
         * occurence (ie we have an existing window)
         */
        if (ra->ahead_start == 0) {      /* no ahead window yet */
                if (!make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0))
                        goto recheck;
        }

        /*
         * Already have an ahead window, check if we crossed into it.
         * If so, shift windows and issue a new ahead window.
         * Only return the #pages that are in the current window, so that
         * we get called back on the first page of the ahead window which
         * will allow us to submit more IO.
         */
        if (ra->prev_index >= ra->ahead_start) {
                ra->start = ra->ahead_start;
                ra->size = ra->ahead_size;
                make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0);
recheck:
                /* prev_index shouldn't overrun the ahead window */
                ra->prev_index = min(ra->prev_index,
                        ra->ahead_start + ra->ahead_size - 1);
        }

out:
        return ra->prev_index + 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_readahead);

/*
 * handle_ra_miss() is called when it is known that a page which should have
 * been present in the pagecache (we just did some readahead there) was in fact
 * not found.  This will happen if it was evicted by the VM (readahead
 * thrashing)
 *
 * Turn on the cache miss flag in the RA struct, this will cause the RA code
 * to reduce the RA size on the next read.
 */
void handle_ra_miss(struct address_space *mapping,
                struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t offset)
{
        ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_MISS;
        ra->flags &= ~RA_FLAG_INCACHE;
        ra->cache_hit = 0;
}

/*
 * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a
 * sensible upper limit.
 */
unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
{
        return min(nr, (node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_INACTIVE)
                + node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_FREE_PAGES)) / 2);
}

/*
 * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state.
 */
unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
                       struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp)
{
        unsigned long ra_size;
        unsigned long la_size;
        int actual;

        ra_size = ra_readahead_size(ra);
        la_size = ra_lookahead_size(ra);
        actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
                                        ra->ra_index, ra_size, la_size);

        return actual;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ra_submit);