The patch titled readahead: state based method: cancel lookahead gracefully has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is readahead-state-based-method-cancel-lookahead-gracefully.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: readahead: state based method: cancel lookahead gracefully From: Fengguang Wu <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> When canceling lookahead, update ra->lookahead_index to the next invoke index. So that we see a consistent state in the next time. Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/readahead.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/readahead.c~readahead-state-based-method-cancel-lookahead-gracefully mm/readahead.c --- a/mm/readahead.c~readahead-state-based-method-cancel-lookahead-gracefully +++ a/mm/readahead.c @@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ state_based_readahead(struct address_spa if (page && remain_space <= la_size) { rescue_pages(page, la_size); - return 0; + goto cancel_lookahead; } growth_limit = req_size; @@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ state_based_readahead(struct address_spa growth_limit = ra_max; if (!adjust_rala(growth_limit, &ra_size, &la_size)) - return 0; + goto cancel_lookahead; limit_rala(growth_limit, la_old, &ra_size, &la_size); @@ -1113,6 +1113,10 @@ state_based_readahead(struct address_spa ra_set_size(ra, ra_size, la_size); return ra_submit(ra, mapping, filp); + +cancel_lookahead: + ra->lookahead_index = ra->readahead_index; + return 0; } #endif /* CONFIG_ADAPTIVE_READAHEAD */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are readahead-kconfig-options.patch radixtree-introduce-scan-hole-data-functions.patch mm-introduce-probe_page.patch mm-introduce-pg_readahead.patch readahead-add-look-ahead-support-to-__do_page_cache_readahead.patch readahead-insert-cond_resched-calls.patch readahead-minmax_ra_pages.patch readahead-events-accounting.patch readahead-rescue_pages.patch readahead-sysctl-parameters.patch readahead-min-max-sizes.patch readahead-state-based-method-aging-accounting.patch readahead-state-based-method-routines.patch readahead-state-based-method.patch readahead-state-based-method-check-node-id.patch readahead-state-based-method-decouple-readahead_ratio-from-growth_limit.patch readahead-state-based-method-cancel-lookahead-gracefully.patch readahead-context-based-method.patch readahead-initial-method-guiding-sizes.patch readahead-initial-method-thrashing-guard-size.patch readahead-initial-method-user-recommended-size.patch readahead-initial-method.patch readahead-backward-prefetching-method.patch readahead-thrashing-recovery-method.patch readahead-thrashing-recovery-method-check-unbalanced-aging.patch readahead-thrashing-recovery-method-refill-holes.patch readahead-call-scheme.patch readahead-call-scheme-cleanup.patch readahead-call-scheme-catch-thrashing-on-lookahead-time.patch readahead-laptop-mode.patch readahead-loop-case.patch readahead-nfsd-case.patch readahead-remove-parameter-ra_max-from-thrashing_recovery_readahead.patch readahead-remove-parameter-ra_max-from-adjust_rala.patch readahead-state-based-method-protect-against-tiny-size.patch readahead-rename-state_based_readahead-to-clock_based_readahead.patch readahead-account-i-o-block-times-for-stock-readahead.patch readahead-rescue_pages-updates.patch readahead-remove-noaction-shrink-events.patch readahead-remove-size-limit-on-read_ahead_kb.patch readahead-remove-size-limit-of-max_sectors_kb-on-read_ahead_kb.patch readahead-partial-sendfile-fix.patch readahead-turn-on-by-default.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