For readahead, leave data in tail Don't unpack it until it's actually read. Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/readahead.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -Nurp linux005/mm/readahead.c linux006/mm/readahead.c --- linux005/mm/readahead.c 2007-11-07 08:14:01.000000000 -0600 +++ linux006/mm/readahead.c 2007-11-08 10:49:46.000000000 -0600 @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h> #include <linux/pagevec.h> #include <linux/pagemap.h> +#include <linux/vm_file_tail.h> void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page) { @@ -147,6 +148,10 @@ __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address if (page_offset > end_index) break; + if ((page_offset == end_index) && vm_file_tail_packed(mapping)) + /* Tail page is already packed */ + break; + rcu_read_lock(); page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset); rcu_read_unlock(); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html