mm: hugetlb: fix softlockup when a large number of hugepages are freed.
[linux-2.6-block.git] / mm / readahead.c
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1da177e4
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1/*
2 * mm/readahead.c - address_space-level file readahead.
3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds
5 *
e1f8e874 6 * 09Apr2002 Andrew Morton
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7 * Initial version.
8 */
9
10#include <linux/kernel.h>
11#include <linux/fs.h>
5a0e3ad6 12#include <linux/gfp.h>
1da177e4 13#include <linux/mm.h>
b95f1b31 14#include <linux/export.h>
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15#include <linux/blkdev.h>
16#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
8bde37f0 17#include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
1da177e4 18#include <linux/pagevec.h>
f5ff8422 19#include <linux/pagemap.h>
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20#include <linux/syscalls.h>
21#include <linux/file.h>
1da177e4 22
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23/*
24 * Initialise a struct file's readahead state. Assumes that the caller has
25 * memset *ra to zero.
26 */
27void
28file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping)
29{
30 ra->ra_pages = mapping->backing_dev_info->ra_pages;
f4e6b498 31 ra->prev_pos = -1;
1da177e4 32}
d41cc702 33EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init);
1da177e4 34
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35#define list_to_page(head) (list_entry((head)->prev, struct page, lru))
36
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37/*
38 * see if a page needs releasing upon read_cache_pages() failure
266cf658
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39 * - the caller of read_cache_pages() may have set PG_private or PG_fscache
40 * before calling, such as the NFS fs marking pages that are cached locally
41 * on disk, thus we need to give the fs a chance to clean up in the event of
42 * an error
03fb3d2a
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43 */
44static void read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
45 struct page *page)
46{
266cf658 47 if (page_has_private(page)) {
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48 if (!trylock_page(page))
49 BUG();
50 page->mapping = mapping;
d47992f8 51 do_invalidatepage(page, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
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52 page->mapping = NULL;
53 unlock_page(page);
54 }
55 page_cache_release(page);
56}
57
58/*
59 * release a list of pages, invalidating them first if need be
60 */
61static void read_cache_pages_invalidate_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
62 struct list_head *pages)
63{
64 struct page *victim;
65
66 while (!list_empty(pages)) {
67 victim = list_to_page(pages);
68 list_del(&victim->lru);
69 read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(mapping, victim);
70 }
71}
72
1da177e4 73/**
bd40cdda 74 * read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages & start reads against them
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75 * @mapping: the address_space
76 * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These
77 * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
78 * @filler: callback routine for filling a single page.
79 * @data: private data for the callback routine.
80 *
81 * Hides the details of the LRU cache etc from the filesystems.
82 */
83int read_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
84 int (*filler)(void *, struct page *), void *data)
85{
86 struct page *page;
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87 int ret = 0;
88
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89 while (!list_empty(pages)) {
90 page = list_to_page(pages);
91 list_del(&page->lru);
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92 if (add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping,
93 page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
03fb3d2a 94 read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(mapping, page);
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95 continue;
96 }
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97 page_cache_release(page);
98
1da177e4 99 ret = filler(data, page);
eb2be189 100 if (unlikely(ret)) {
03fb3d2a 101 read_cache_pages_invalidate_pages(mapping, pages);
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102 break;
103 }
8bde37f0 104 task_io_account_read(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
1da177e4 105 }
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106 return ret;
107}
108
109EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages);
110
111static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
112 struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
113{
5b417b18 114 struct blk_plug plug;
1da177e4 115 unsigned page_idx;
994fc28c 116 int ret;
1da177e4 117
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118 blk_start_plug(&plug);
119
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120 if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) {
121 ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
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122 /* Clean up the remaining pages */
123 put_pages_list(pages);
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124 goto out;
125 }
126
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127 for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_pages; page_idx++) {
128 struct page *page = list_to_page(pages);
129 list_del(&page->lru);
eb2be189 130 if (!add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping,
1da177e4 131 page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
9f1a3cfc 132 mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page);
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133 }
134 page_cache_release(page);
1da177e4 135 }
994fc28c 136 ret = 0;
5b417b18 137
1da177e4 138out:
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139 blk_finish_plug(&plug);
140
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141 return ret;
142}
143
1da177e4 144/*
d30a1100 145 * __do_page_cache_readahead() actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all
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146 * the pages first, then submits them all for I/O. This avoids the very bad
147 * behaviour which would occur if page allocations are causing VM writeback.
148 * We really don't want to intermingle reads and writes like that.
149 *
150 * Returns the number of pages requested, or the maximum amount of I/O allowed.
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151 */
152static int
153__do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
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154 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
155 unsigned long lookahead_size)
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156{
157 struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
158 struct page *page;
159 unsigned long end_index; /* The last page we want to read */
160 LIST_HEAD(page_pool);
161 int page_idx;
162 int ret = 0;
163 loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
164
165 if (isize == 0)
166 goto out;
167
46fc3e7b 168 end_index = ((isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
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169
170 /*
171 * Preallocate as many pages as we will need.
172 */
1da177e4 173 for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) {
7361f4d8 174 pgoff_t page_offset = offset + page_idx;
c743d96b 175
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176 if (page_offset > end_index)
177 break;
178
00128188 179 rcu_read_lock();
1da177e4 180 page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset);
00128188 181 rcu_read_unlock();
0cd6144a 182 if (page && !radix_tree_exceptional_entry(page))
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183 continue;
184
7b1de586 185 page = page_cache_alloc_readahead(mapping);
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186 if (!page)
187 break;
188 page->index = page_offset;
189 list_add(&page->lru, &page_pool);
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190 if (page_idx == nr_to_read - lookahead_size)
191 SetPageReadahead(page);
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192 ret++;
193 }
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194
195 /*
196 * Now start the IO. We ignore I/O errors - if the page is not
197 * uptodate then the caller will launch readpage again, and
198 * will then handle the error.
199 */
200 if (ret)
201 read_pages(mapping, filp, &page_pool, ret);
202 BUG_ON(!list_empty(&page_pool));
203out:
204 return ret;
205}
206
207/*
208 * Chunk the readahead into 2 megabyte units, so that we don't pin too much
209 * memory at once.
210 */
211int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
7361f4d8 212 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
1da177e4 213{
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214 if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages))
215 return -EINVAL;
216
f7e839dd 217 nr_to_read = max_sane_readahead(nr_to_read);
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218 while (nr_to_read) {
219 int err;
220
221 unsigned long this_chunk = (2 * 1024 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
222
223 if (this_chunk > nr_to_read)
224 this_chunk = nr_to_read;
225 err = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
46fc3e7b 226 offset, this_chunk, 0);
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227 if (err < 0)
228 return err;
229
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230 offset += this_chunk;
231 nr_to_read -= this_chunk;
232 }
58d5640e 233 return 0;
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234}
235
6d2be915 236#define MAX_READAHEAD ((512*4096)/PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
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237/*
238 * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a
239 * sensible upper limit.
240 */
241unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
242{
6d2be915 243 return min(nr, MAX_READAHEAD);
1da177e4 244}
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245
246/*
247 * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state.
248 */
d30a1100 249unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
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250 struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp)
251{
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252 int actual;
253
5ce1110b 254 actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
f9acc8c7 255 ra->start, ra->size, ra->async_size);
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256
257 return actual;
258}
122a21d1 259
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260/*
261 * Set the initial window size, round to next power of 2 and square
262 * for small size, x 4 for medium, and x 2 for large
263 * for 128k (32 page) max ra
264 * 1-8 page = 32k initial, > 8 page = 128k initial
265 */
266static unsigned long get_init_ra_size(unsigned long size, unsigned long max)
267{
268 unsigned long newsize = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
269
270 if (newsize <= max / 32)
271 newsize = newsize * 4;
272 else if (newsize <= max / 4)
273 newsize = newsize * 2;
274 else
275 newsize = max;
276
277 return newsize;
278}
279
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280/*
281 * Get the previous window size, ramp it up, and
282 * return it as the new window size.
283 */
c743d96b 284static unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra,
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285 unsigned long max)
286{
f9acc8c7 287 unsigned long cur = ra->size;
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288 unsigned long newsize;
289
290 if (cur < max / 16)
c743d96b 291 newsize = 4 * cur;
122a21d1 292 else
c743d96b 293 newsize = 2 * cur;
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294
295 return min(newsize, max);
296}
297
298/*
299 * On-demand readahead design.
300 *
301 * The fields in struct file_ra_state represent the most-recently-executed
302 * readahead attempt:
303 *
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304 * |<----- async_size ---------|
305 * |------------------- size -------------------->|
306 * |==================#===========================|
307 * ^start ^page marked with PG_readahead
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308 *
309 * To overlap application thinking time and disk I/O time, we do
310 * `readahead pipelining': Do not wait until the application consumed all
311 * readahead pages and stalled on the missing page at readahead_index;
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312 * Instead, submit an asynchronous readahead I/O as soon as there are
313 * only async_size pages left in the readahead window. Normally async_size
314 * will be equal to size, for maximum pipelining.
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315 *
316 * In interleaved sequential reads, concurrent streams on the same fd can
317 * be invalidating each other's readahead state. So we flag the new readahead
f9acc8c7 318 * page at (start+size-async_size) with PG_readahead, and use it as readahead
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319 * indicator. The flag won't be set on already cached pages, to avoid the
320 * readahead-for-nothing fuss, saving pointless page cache lookups.
321 *
f4e6b498 322 * prev_pos tracks the last visited byte in the _previous_ read request.
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323 * It should be maintained by the caller, and will be used for detecting
324 * small random reads. Note that the readahead algorithm checks loosely
325 * for sequential patterns. Hence interleaved reads might be served as
326 * sequential ones.
327 *
328 * There is a special-case: if the first page which the application tries to
329 * read happens to be the first page of the file, it is assumed that a linear
330 * read is about to happen and the window is immediately set to the initial size
331 * based on I/O request size and the max_readahead.
332 *
333 * The code ramps up the readahead size aggressively at first, but slow down as
334 * it approaches max_readhead.
335 */
336
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337/*
338 * Count contiguously cached pages from @offset-1 to @offset-@max,
339 * this count is a conservative estimation of
340 * - length of the sequential read sequence, or
341 * - thrashing threshold in memory tight systems
342 */
343static pgoff_t count_history_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
344 struct file_ra_state *ra,
345 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long max)
346{
347 pgoff_t head;
348
349 rcu_read_lock();
e7b563bb 350 head = page_cache_prev_hole(mapping, offset - 1, max);
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351 rcu_read_unlock();
352
353 return offset - 1 - head;
354}
355
356/*
357 * page cache context based read-ahead
358 */
359static int try_context_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
360 struct file_ra_state *ra,
361 pgoff_t offset,
362 unsigned long req_size,
363 unsigned long max)
364{
365 pgoff_t size;
366
367 size = count_history_pages(mapping, ra, offset, max);
368
369 /*
2cad4018 370 * not enough history pages:
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371 * it could be a random read
372 */
2cad4018 373 if (size <= req_size)
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374 return 0;
375
376 /*
377 * starts from beginning of file:
378 * it is a strong indication of long-run stream (or whole-file-read)
379 */
380 if (size >= offset)
381 size *= 2;
382
383 ra->start = offset;
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384 ra->size = min(size + req_size, max);
385 ra->async_size = 1;
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386
387 return 1;
388}
389
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390/*
391 * A minimal readahead algorithm for trivial sequential/random reads.
392 */
393static unsigned long
394ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
395 struct file_ra_state *ra, struct file *filp,
cf914a7d 396 bool hit_readahead_marker, pgoff_t offset,
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397 unsigned long req_size)
398{
fc31d16a 399 unsigned long max = max_sane_readahead(ra->ra_pages);
af248a0c 400 pgoff_t prev_offset;
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401
402 /*
403 * start of file
404 */
405 if (!offset)
406 goto initial_readahead;
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407
408 /*
f9acc8c7 409 * It's the expected callback offset, assume sequential access.
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410 * Ramp up sizes, and push forward the readahead window.
411 */
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412 if ((offset == (ra->start + ra->size - ra->async_size) ||
413 offset == (ra->start + ra->size))) {
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414 ra->start += ra->size;
415 ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max);
416 ra->async_size = ra->size;
417 goto readit;
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418 }
419
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420 /*
421 * Hit a marked page without valid readahead state.
422 * E.g. interleaved reads.
423 * Query the pagecache for async_size, which normally equals to
424 * readahead size. Ramp it up and use it as the new readahead size.
425 */
426 if (hit_readahead_marker) {
427 pgoff_t start;
428
30002ed2 429 rcu_read_lock();
e7b563bb 430 start = page_cache_next_hole(mapping, offset + 1, max);
30002ed2 431 rcu_read_unlock();
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432
433 if (!start || start - offset > max)
434 return 0;
435
436 ra->start = start;
437 ra->size = start - offset; /* old async_size */
160334a0 438 ra->size += req_size;
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439 ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max);
440 ra->async_size = ra->size;
441 goto readit;
442 }
443
122a21d1 444 /*
045a2529 445 * oversize read
122a21d1 446 */
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447 if (req_size > max)
448 goto initial_readahead;
449
450 /*
451 * sequential cache miss
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452 * trivial case: (offset - prev_offset) == 1
453 * unaligned reads: (offset - prev_offset) == 0
045a2529 454 */
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455 prev_offset = (unsigned long long)ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
456 if (offset - prev_offset <= 1UL)
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457 goto initial_readahead;
458
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459 /*
460 * Query the page cache and look for the traces(cached history pages)
461 * that a sequential stream would leave behind.
462 */
463 if (try_context_readahead(mapping, ra, offset, req_size, max))
464 goto readit;
465
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466 /*
467 * standalone, small random read
468 * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state.
469 */
470 return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size, 0);
471
472initial_readahead:
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473 ra->start = offset;
474 ra->size = get_init_ra_size(req_size, max);
475 ra->async_size = ra->size > req_size ? ra->size - req_size : ra->size;
122a21d1 476
f9acc8c7 477readit:
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478 /*
479 * Will this read hit the readahead marker made by itself?
480 * If so, trigger the readahead marker hit now, and merge
481 * the resulted next readahead window into the current one.
482 */
483 if (offset == ra->start && ra->size == ra->async_size) {
484 ra->async_size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max);
485 ra->size += ra->async_size;
486 }
487
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488 return ra_submit(ra, mapping, filp);
489}
490
491/**
cf914a7d 492 * page_cache_sync_readahead - generic file readahead
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493 * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
494 * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
495 * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages()
cf914a7d 496 * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in pagecache page-sized units
122a21d1 497 * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
cf914a7d 498 * pagecache pages
122a21d1 499 *
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500 * page_cache_sync_readahead() should be called when a cache miss happened:
501 * it will submit the read. The readahead logic may decide to piggyback more
502 * pages onto the read request if access patterns suggest it will improve
503 * performance.
122a21d1 504 */
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505void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
506 struct file_ra_state *ra, struct file *filp,
507 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long req_size)
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508{
509 /* no read-ahead */
510 if (!ra->ra_pages)
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511 return;
512
0141450f 513 /* be dumb */
70655c06 514 if (filp && (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM)) {
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515 force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size);
516 return;
517 }
518
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519 /* do read-ahead */
520 ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, false, offset, req_size);
521}
522EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_sync_readahead);
523
524/**
525 * page_cache_async_readahead - file readahead for marked pages
526 * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
527 * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
528 * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages()
529 * @page: the page at @offset which has the PG_readahead flag set
530 * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in pagecache page-sized units
531 * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
532 * pagecache pages
533 *
bf8abe8b 534 * page_cache_async_readahead() should be called when a page is used which
f7850d93 535 * has the PG_readahead flag; this is a marker to suggest that the application
cf914a7d 536 * has used up enough of the readahead window that we should start pulling in
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537 * more pages.
538 */
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539void
540page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
541 struct file_ra_state *ra, struct file *filp,
542 struct page *page, pgoff_t offset,
543 unsigned long req_size)
544{
545 /* no read-ahead */
546 if (!ra->ra_pages)
547 return;
548
549 /*
550 * Same bit is used for PG_readahead and PG_reclaim.
551 */
552 if (PageWriteback(page))
553 return;
554
555 ClearPageReadahead(page);
556
557 /*
558 * Defer asynchronous read-ahead on IO congestion.
559 */
560 if (bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info))
561 return;
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562
563 /* do read-ahead */
cf914a7d 564 ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, true, offset, req_size);
122a21d1 565}
cf914a7d 566EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_async_readahead);
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567
568static ssize_t
569do_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
570 pgoff_t index, unsigned long nr)
571{
63d0f0a3 572 if (!mapping || !mapping->a_ops)
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573 return -EINVAL;
574
58d5640e 575 return force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, index, nr);
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576}
577
4a0fd5bf 578SYSCALL_DEFINE3(readahead, int, fd, loff_t, offset, size_t, count)
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579{
580 ssize_t ret;
2903ff01 581 struct fd f;
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582
583 ret = -EBADF;
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584 f = fdget(fd);
585 if (f.file) {
586 if (f.file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
587 struct address_space *mapping = f.file->f_mapping;
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588 pgoff_t start = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
589 pgoff_t end = (offset + count - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
590 unsigned long len = end - start + 1;
2903ff01 591 ret = do_readahead(mapping, f.file, start, len);
782182e5 592 }
2903ff01 593 fdput(f);
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594 }
595 return ret;
596}