From: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> page_cache_sync_readahead checks for ra->ra_pages again, so moving the check after VM_SequentialReadHint. Signed-off-by: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/filemap.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index 3843445..606a648 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -1523,8 +1523,6 @@ static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma, /* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */ if (VM_RandomReadHint(vma)) return; - if (!ra->ra_pages) - return; if (VM_SequentialReadHint(vma)) { page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, ra, file, offset, @@ -1532,6 +1530,9 @@ static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma, return; } + if (!ra->ra_pages) + return; + /* Avoid banging the cache line if not needed */ if (ra->mmap_miss < MMAP_LOTSAMISS * 10) ra->mmap_miss++; -- 1.7.12.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>