Re: [PATCH] mm/filemap.c: Always read one page in do_sync_mmap_readahead()

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Looks good, a nice cleanup.

Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@xxxxxxxxxx>

> On Jun 7, 2022, at 2:37 AM, Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> filemap_fault() calls do_sync_mmap_readahead() to read pages when no
> page is found in the page cache. However do_sync_mmap_readahead() will
> not actually read any pages if VM_RAND_READ is specified or if there
> have been a lot of page cache misses.
> 
> This means filemap_fault() will see a folio that is not up-to-date which
> is treated as an IO error. The IO error handling path happens to make
> VM_RAND_READ work as expected though because it retries reading the
> page.
> 
> However it would be cleaner if this was handled in
> do_sync_mmap_readahead() to match what is done for VM_HUGEPAGE. Also as
> do_sync_mmap_readahead() adds the newly allocated folio to the pagecache
> and unlocks it this clean-up also allows the FGP_FOR_MMAP flag to be
> removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/pagemap.h |  7 +++---
> mm/filemap.c            | 47 +++++++++++++----------------------------
> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
> index 993994cd943a..e0e0f5e7d4a0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
> @@ -505,10 +505,9 @@ pgoff_t page_cache_prev_miss(struct address_space *mapping,
> #define FGP_WRITE		0x00000008
> #define FGP_NOFS		0x00000010
> #define FGP_NOWAIT		0x00000020
> -#define FGP_FOR_MMAP		0x00000040
> -#define FGP_HEAD		0x00000080
> -#define FGP_ENTRY		0x00000100
> -#define FGP_STABLE		0x00000200
> +#define FGP_HEAD		0x00000040
> +#define FGP_ENTRY		0x00000080
> +#define FGP_STABLE		0x00000100
> 
> struct folio *__filemap_get_folio(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
> 		int fgp_flags, gfp_t gfp);
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 9a1eef6c5d35..15d7e0a0ad4b 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -1922,9 +1922,6 @@ static void *mapping_get_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index)
>  * * %FGP_CREAT - If no page is present then a new page is allocated using
>  *   @gfp and added to the page cache and the VM's LRU list.
>  *   The page is returned locked and with an increased refcount.
> - * * %FGP_FOR_MMAP - The caller wants to do its own locking dance if the
> - *   page is already in cache.  If the page was allocated, unlock it before
> - *   returning so the caller can do the same dance.
>  * * %FGP_WRITE - The page will be written to by the caller.
>  * * %FGP_NOFS - __GFP_FS will get cleared in gfp.
>  * * %FGP_NOWAIT - Don't get blocked by page lock.
> @@ -1993,7 +1990,7 @@ struct folio *__filemap_get_folio(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
> 		if (!folio)
> 			return NULL;
> 
> -		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(fgp_flags & (FGP_LOCK | FGP_FOR_MMAP))))
> +		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(fgp_flags & FGP_LOCK)))
> 			fgp_flags |= FGP_LOCK;
> 
> 		/* Init accessed so avoid atomic mark_page_accessed later */
> @@ -2007,13 +2004,6 @@ struct folio *__filemap_get_folio(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
> 			if (err == -EEXIST)
> 				goto repeat;
> 		}
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * filemap_add_folio locks the page, and for mmap
> -		 * we expect an unlocked page.
> -		 */
> -		if (folio && (fgp_flags & FGP_FOR_MMAP))
> -			folio_unlock(folio);
> 	}
> 
> 	return folio;
> @@ -3011,14 +3001,8 @@ static struct file *do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> 	}
> #endif
> 
> -	/* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */
> -	if (vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ)
> -		return fpin;
> -	if (!ra->ra_pages)
> -		return fpin;
> -
> +	fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
> 	if (vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_SEQ_READ) {
> -		fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
> 		page_cache_sync_ra(&ractl, ra->ra_pages);
> 		return fpin;
> 	}
> @@ -3029,19 +3013,20 @@ static struct file *do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> 		WRITE_ONCE(ra->mmap_miss, ++mmap_miss);
> 
> 	/*
> -	 * Do we miss much more than hit in this file? If so,
> -	 * stop bothering with read-ahead. It will only hurt.
> +	 * mmap read-around. If we don't want any read-ahead or if we miss more
> +	 * than we hit don't bother with read-ahead and just read a single page.
> 	 */
> -	if (mmap_miss > MMAP_LOTSAMISS)
> -		return fpin;
> +	if ((vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ) ||
> +	    !ra->ra_pages || mmap_miss > MMAP_LOTSAMISS) {
> +		ra->start = vmf->pgoff;
> +		ra->size = 1;
> +		ra->async_size = 0;
> +	} else {
> +		ra->start = max_t(long, 0, vmf->pgoff - ra->ra_pages / 2);
> +		ra->size = ra->ra_pages;
> +		ra->async_size = ra->ra_pages / 4;
> +	}
> 
> -	/*
> -	 * mmap read-around
> -	 */
> -	fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
> -	ra->start = max_t(long, 0, vmf->pgoff - ra->ra_pages / 2);
> -	ra->size = ra->ra_pages;
> -	ra->async_size = ra->ra_pages / 4;
> 	ractl._index = ra->start;
> 	page_cache_ra_order(&ractl, ra, 0);
> 	return fpin;
> @@ -3145,9 +3130,7 @@ vm_fault_t filemap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> 			filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(mapping);
> 			mapping_locked = true;
> 		}
> -		folio = __filemap_get_folio(mapping, index,
> -					  FGP_CREAT|FGP_FOR_MMAP,
> -					  vmf->gfp_mask);
> +		folio = filemap_get_folio(mapping, index);
> 		if (!folio) {
> 			if (fpin)
> 				goto out_retry;
> -- 
> 2.35.1
> 
> 






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