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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/readahead.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/readahead.c | 60 |
1 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c index ceed7e4790b..aa1aa234523 100644 --- a/mm/readahead.c +++ b/mm/readahead.c @@ -330,6 +330,59 @@ static unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra, */ /* + * Count contiguously cached pages from @offset-1 to @offset-@max, + * this count is a conservative estimation of + * - length of the sequential read sequence, or + * - thrashing threshold in memory tight systems + */ +static pgoff_t count_history_pages(struct address_space *mapping, + struct file_ra_state *ra, + pgoff_t offset, unsigned long max) +{ + pgoff_t head; + + rcu_read_lock(); + head = radix_tree_prev_hole(&mapping->page_tree, offset - 1, max); + rcu_read_unlock(); + + return offset - 1 - head; +} + +/* + * page cache context based read-ahead + */ +static int try_context_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, + struct file_ra_state *ra, + pgoff_t offset, + unsigned long req_size, + unsigned long max) +{ + pgoff_t size; + + size = count_history_pages(mapping, ra, offset, max); + + /* + * no history pages: + * it could be a random read + */ + if (!size) + return 0; + + /* + * starts from beginning of file: + * it is a strong indication of long-run stream (or whole-file-read) + */ + if (size >= offset) + size *= 2; + + ra->start = offset; + ra->size = get_init_ra_size(size + req_size, max); + ra->async_size = ra->size; + + return 1; +} + +/* * A minimal readahead algorithm for trivial sequential/random reads. */ static unsigned long @@ -395,6 +448,13 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, goto initial_readahead; /* + * Query the page cache and look for the traces(cached history pages) + * that a sequential stream would leave behind. + */ + if (try_context_readahead(mapping, ra, offset, req_size, max)) + goto readit; + + /* * standalone, small random read * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state. */ |