The patch titled readahead: call scheme has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is readahead-call-scheme.patch This patch was probably dropped from -mm because it has now been merged into a subsystem tree or into Linus's tree, or because it was folded into its parent patch in the -mm tree. ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: readahead: call scheme From: Wu Fengguang <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The read-ahead logic is called when the reading hits - a PG_readahead marked page; - a non-present page. ra.prev_page should be properly setup on entrance, and readahead_cache_hit() should be called on every page reference to maintain the cache_hits counter. This call scheme achieves the following goals: - makes all stateful/stateless methods happy; - eliminates the cache hit problem naturally; - lives in harmony with application managed read-aheads via fadvise/madvise. Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/mm.h | 6 + mm/filemap.c | 51 +++++++++++++- mm/readahead.c | 152 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/mm.h~readahead-call-scheme include/linux/mm.h --- 25/include/linux/mm.h~readahead-call-scheme Fri May 26 13:34:35 2006 +++ 25-akpm/include/linux/mm.h Fri May 26 13:34:35 2006 @@ -992,6 +992,12 @@ void handle_ra_miss(struct address_space struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t offset); unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr); void fastcall readahead_close(struct file *file); +unsigned long +page_cache_readahead_adaptive(struct address_space *mapping, + struct file_ra_state *ra, struct file *filp, + struct page *prev_page, struct page *page, + pgoff_t first_index, pgoff_t index, pgoff_t last_index); +void fastcall readahead_cache_hit(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct page *page); #ifdef CONFIG_ADAPTIVE_READAHEAD extern int readahead_ratio; diff -puN mm/filemap.c~readahead-call-scheme mm/filemap.c --- 25/mm/filemap.c~readahead-call-scheme Fri May 26 13:34:35 2006 +++ 25-akpm/mm/filemap.c Fri May 26 13:34:35 2006 @@ -865,14 +865,32 @@ void do_generic_mapping_read(struct addr nr = nr - offset; cond_resched(); - if (index == next_index) + + if (!prefer_adaptive_readahead() && index == next_index) next_index = page_cache_readahead(mapping, &ra, filp, index, last_index - index); find_page: page = find_get_page(mapping, index); + if (prefer_adaptive_readahead()) { + if (unlikely(page == NULL)) { + ra.prev_page = prev_index; + page_cache_readahead_adaptive(mapping, &ra, + filp, prev_page, NULL, + *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT, + index, last_index); + page = find_get_page(mapping, index); + } else if (PageReadahead(page)) { + ra.prev_page = prev_index; + page_cache_readahead_adaptive(mapping, &ra, + filp, prev_page, page, + *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT, + index, last_index); + } + } if (unlikely(page == NULL)) { - handle_ra_miss(mapping, &ra, index); + if (!prefer_adaptive_readahead()) + handle_ra_miss(mapping, &ra, index); goto no_cached_page; } @@ -880,6 +898,9 @@ find_page: page_cache_release(prev_page); prev_page = page; + if (prefer_adaptive_readahead()) + readahead_cache_hit(&ra, page); + if (!PageUptodate(page)) goto page_not_up_to_date; page_ok: @@ -1023,6 +1044,8 @@ no_cached_page: out: *_ra = ra; + if (prefer_adaptive_readahead()) + _ra->prev_page = prev_index; *ppos = ((loff_t) index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset; if (cached_page) @@ -1308,6 +1331,7 @@ struct page *filemap_nopage(struct vm_ar unsigned long size, pgoff; int did_readaround = 0, majmin = VM_FAULT_MINOR; + ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_MMAP; pgoff = ((address-area->vm_start) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + area->vm_pgoff; retry_all: @@ -1325,19 +1349,33 @@ retry_all: * * For sequential accesses, we use the generic readahead logic. */ - if (VM_SequentialReadHint(area)) + if (!prefer_adaptive_readahead() && VM_SequentialReadHint(area)) page_cache_readahead(mapping, ra, file, pgoff, 1); + /* * Do we have something in the page cache already? */ retry_find: page = find_get_page(mapping, pgoff); + if (prefer_adaptive_readahead() && VM_SequentialReadHint(area)) { + if (!page) { + page_cache_readahead_adaptive(mapping, ra, + file, NULL, NULL, + pgoff, pgoff, pgoff + 1); + page = find_get_page(mapping, pgoff); + } else if (PageReadahead(page)) { + page_cache_readahead_adaptive(mapping, ra, + file, NULL, page, + pgoff, pgoff, pgoff + 1); + } + } if (!page) { unsigned long ra_pages; if (VM_SequentialReadHint(area)) { - handle_ra_miss(mapping, ra, pgoff); + if (!prefer_adaptive_readahead()) + handle_ra_miss(mapping, ra, pgoff); goto no_cached_page; } ra->mmap_miss++; @@ -1374,6 +1412,9 @@ retry_find: if (!did_readaround) ra->mmap_hit++; + if (prefer_adaptive_readahead()) + readahead_cache_hit(ra, page); + /* * Ok, found a page in the page cache, now we need to check * that it's up-to-date. @@ -1388,6 +1429,8 @@ success: mark_page_accessed(page); if (type) *type = majmin; + if (prefer_adaptive_readahead()) + ra->prev_page = page->index; return page; outside_data_content: diff -puN mm/readahead.c~readahead-call-scheme mm/readahead.c --- 25/mm/readahead.c~readahead-call-scheme Fri May 26 13:34:35 2006 +++ 25-akpm/mm/readahead.c Fri May 26 13:34:35 2006 @@ -1689,6 +1689,158 @@ static inline void get_readahead_bounds( (128*1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE), *ra_max / 2); } +/** + * page_cache_readahead_adaptive - thrashing safe adaptive read-ahead + * @mapping, @ra, @filp: the same as page_cache_readahead() + * @prev_page: the page at @index-1, may be NULL to let the function find it + * @page: the page at @index, or NULL if non-present + * @begin_index, @index, @end_index: offsets into @mapping + * [@begin_index, @end_index) is the read the caller is performing + * @index indicates the page to be read now + * + * page_cache_readahead_adaptive() is the entry point of the adaptive + * read-ahead logic. It tries a set of methods in turn to determine the + * appropriate readahead action and submits the readahead I/O. + * + * The caller is expected to point ra->prev_page to the previously accessed + * page, and to call it on two conditions: + * 1. @page == NULL + * A cache miss happened, some pages have to be read in + * 2. @page != NULL && PageReadahead(@page) + * A look-ahead mark encountered, this is set by a previous read-ahead + * invocation to instruct the caller to give the function a chance to + * check up and do next read-ahead in advance. + */ +unsigned long +page_cache_readahead_adaptive(struct address_space *mapping, + struct file_ra_state *ra, struct file *filp, + struct page *prev_page, struct page *page, + pgoff_t begin_index, pgoff_t index, pgoff_t end_index) +{ + unsigned long size; + unsigned long ra_min; + unsigned long ra_max; + int ret; + + might_sleep(); + + if (page) { + if(!TestClearPageReadahead(page)) + return 0; + if (bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info)) { + ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_IO_CONGESTION, + end_index - index); + return 0; + } + } + + if (page) + ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_LOOKAHEAD_HIT, + ra->readahead_index - ra->lookahead_index); + else if (index) + ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_CACHE_MISS, end_index - begin_index); + + size = end_index - index; + get_readahead_bounds(ra, &ra_min, &ra_max); + + /* readahead disabled? */ + if (unlikely(!ra_max || !readahead_ratio)) { + size = max_sane_readahead(size); + goto readit; + } + + /* + * Start of file. + */ + if (index == 0) + return initial_readahead(mapping, filp, ra, size); + + /* + * State based sequential read-ahead. + */ + if (!debug_option(disable_stateful_method) && + index == ra->lookahead_index && ra_cache_hit_ok(ra)) + return state_based_readahead(mapping, filp, ra, page, + index, size, ra_max); + + /* + * Recover from possible thrashing. + */ + if (!page && index == ra->prev_page + 1 && ra_has_index(ra, index)) + return thrashing_recovery_readahead(mapping, filp, ra, + index, ra_max); + + /* + * Backward read-ahead. + */ + if (!page && begin_index == index && + try_read_backward(ra, index, size, ra_max)) + return ra_dispatch(ra, mapping, filp); + + /* + * Context based sequential read-ahead. + */ + ret = try_context_based_readahead(mapping, ra, prev_page, page, + index, ra_min, ra_max); + if (ret > 0) + return ra_dispatch(ra, mapping, filp); + if (ret < 0) + return 0; + + /* No action on look ahead time? */ + if (page) { + ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_LOOKAHEAD_NOACTION, + ra->readahead_index - index); + return 0; + } + + /* + * Random read that follows a sequential one. + */ + if (try_readahead_on_seek(ra, index, size, ra_max)) + return ra_dispatch(ra, mapping, filp); + + /* + * Random read. + */ + if (size > ra_max) + size = ra_max; + +readit: + size = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, index, size, 0); + + ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_RANDOM_READ, size); + dprintk("random_read(ino=%lu, pages=%lu, index=%lu-%lu-%lu) = %lu\n", + mapping->host->i_ino, mapping->nrpages, + begin_index, index, end_index, size); + + return size; +} + +/** + * readahead_cache_hit - adaptive read-ahead feedback function + * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state + * @page: the page just accessed + * + * readahead_cache_hit() is the feedback route of the adaptive read-ahead + * logic. It must be called on every access on the read-ahead pages. + */ +void fastcall readahead_cache_hit(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct page *page) +{ + if (!PageUptodate(page)) + ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_IO_BLOCK, 1); + + if (!ra_has_index(ra, page->index)) + return; + + ra->cache_hits++; + + if (page->index >= ra->ra_index) + ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_READAHEAD_HIT, 1); + else + ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_READAHEAD_HIT, -1); +} + /* * When closing a normal readonly file, * - on cache hit: increase `backing_dev_info.ra_expect_bytes' slowly; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are readahead-call-scheme.patch readahead-laptop-mode.patch readahead-loop-case.patch readahead-nfsd-case.patch readahead-turn-on-by-default.patch readahead-debug-radix-tree-new-functions.patch readahead-debug-traces-showing-accessed-file-names.patch readahead-debug-traces-showing-read-patterns.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html