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1 /*
2 * mm/readahead.c - address_space-level file readahead.
4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds
6 * 09Apr2002 akpm@zip.com.au
7 * Initial version.
8 */
10 #include <linux/kernel.h>
11 #include <linux/fs.h>
12 #include <linux/mm.h>
13 #include <linux/module.h>
14 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
15 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
16 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
18 void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
21 EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_unplug_io_fn);
23 struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
24 .ra_pages = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
25 .state = 0,
26 .capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY,
27 .unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn,
29 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info);
32 * Initialise a struct file's readahead state. Assumes that the caller has
33 * memset *ra to zero.
35 void
36 file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping)
38 ra->ra_pages = mapping->backing_dev_info->ra_pages;
39 ra->prev_page = -1;
41 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init);
44 * Return max readahead size for this inode in number-of-pages.
46 static inline unsigned long get_max_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
48 return ra->ra_pages;
51 static inline unsigned long get_min_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
53 return (VM_MIN_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
56 static inline void reset_ahead_window(struct file_ra_state *ra)
59 * ... but preserve ahead_start + ahead_size value,
60 * see 'recheck:' label in page_cache_readahead().
61 * Note: We never use ->ahead_size as rvalue without
62 * checking ->ahead_start != 0 first.
64 ra->ahead_size += ra->ahead_start;
65 ra->ahead_start = 0;
68 static inline void ra_off(struct file_ra_state *ra)
70 ra->start = 0;
71 ra->flags = 0;
72 ra->size = 0;
73 reset_ahead_window(ra);
74 return;
78 * Set the initial window size, round to next power of 2 and square
79 * for small size, x 4 for medium, and x 2 for large
80 * for 128k (32 page) max ra
81 * 1-8 page = 32k initial, > 8 page = 128k initial
83 static unsigned long get_init_ra_size(unsigned long size, unsigned long max)
85 unsigned long newsize = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
87 if (newsize <= max / 32)
88 newsize = newsize * 4;
89 else if (newsize <= max / 4)
90 newsize = newsize * 2;
91 else
92 newsize = max;
93 return newsize;
97 * Set the new window size, this is called only when I/O is to be submitted,
98 * not for each call to readahead. If a cache miss occured, reduce next I/O
99 * size, else increase depending on how close to max we are.
101 static inline unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra)
103 unsigned long max = get_max_readahead(ra);
104 unsigned long min = get_min_readahead(ra);
105 unsigned long cur = ra->size;
106 unsigned long newsize;
108 if (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_MISS) {
109 ra->flags &= ~RA_FLAG_MISS;
110 newsize = max((cur - 2), min);
111 } else if (cur < max / 16) {
112 newsize = 4 * cur;
113 } else {
114 newsize = 2 * cur;
116 return min(newsize, max);
119 #define list_to_page(head) (list_entry((head)->prev, struct page, lru))
122 * read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages & start reads against them
123 * @mapping: the address_space
124 * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These
125 * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
126 * @filler: callback routine for filling a single page.
127 * @data: private data for the callback routine.
129 * Hides the details of the LRU cache etc from the filesystems.
131 int read_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
132 int (*filler)(void *, struct page *), void *data)
134 struct page *page;
135 struct pagevec lru_pvec;
136 int ret = 0;
138 pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);
140 while (!list_empty(pages)) {
141 page = list_to_page(pages);
142 list_del(&page->lru);
143 if (add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
144 page_cache_release(page);
145 continue;
147 ret = filler(data, page);
148 if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
149 __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
150 if (ret) {
151 while (!list_empty(pages)) {
152 struct page *victim;
154 victim = list_to_page(pages);
155 list_del(&victim->lru);
156 page_cache_release(victim);
158 break;
161 pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
162 return ret;
165 EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages);
167 static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
168 struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
170 unsigned page_idx;
171 struct pagevec lru_pvec;
172 int ret;
174 if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) {
175 ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
176 /* Clean up the remaining pages */
177 put_pages_list(pages);
178 goto out;
181 pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);
182 for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_pages; page_idx++) {
183 struct page *page = list_to_page(pages);
184 list_del(&page->lru);
185 if (!add_to_page_cache(page, mapping,
186 page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
187 mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page);
188 if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
189 __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
190 } else
191 page_cache_release(page);
193 pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
194 ret = 0;
195 out:
196 return ret;
200 * Readahead design.
202 * The fields in struct file_ra_state represent the most-recently-executed
203 * readahead attempt:
205 * start: Page index at which we started the readahead
206 * size: Number of pages in that read
207 * Together, these form the "current window".
208 * Together, start and size represent the `readahead window'.
209 * prev_page: The page which the readahead algorithm most-recently inspected.
210 * It is mainly used to detect sequential file reading.
211 * If page_cache_readahead sees that it is again being called for
212 * a page which it just looked at, it can return immediately without
213 * making any state changes.
214 * ahead_start,
215 * ahead_size: Together, these form the "ahead window".
216 * ra_pages: The externally controlled max readahead for this fd.
218 * When readahead is in the off state (size == 0), readahead is disabled.
219 * In this state, prev_page is used to detect the resumption of sequential I/O.
221 * The readahead code manages two windows - the "current" and the "ahead"
222 * windows. The intent is that while the application is walking the pages
223 * in the current window, I/O is underway on the ahead window. When the
224 * current window is fully traversed, it is replaced by the ahead window
225 * and the ahead window is invalidated. When this copying happens, the
226 * new current window's pages are probably still locked. So
227 * we submit a new batch of I/O immediately, creating a new ahead window.
229 * So:
231 * ----|----------------|----------------|-----
232 * ^start ^start+size
233 * ^ahead_start ^ahead_start+ahead_size
235 * ^ When this page is read, we submit I/O for the
236 * ahead window.
238 * A `readahead hit' occurs when a read request is made against a page which is
239 * the next sequential page. Ahead window calculations are done only when it
240 * is time to submit a new IO. The code ramps up the size agressively at first,
241 * but slow down as it approaches max_readhead.
243 * Any seek/ramdom IO will result in readahead being turned off. It will resume
244 * at the first sequential access.
246 * There is a special-case: if the first page which the application tries to
247 * read happens to be the first page of the file, it is assumed that a linear
248 * read is about to happen and the window is immediately set to the initial size
249 * based on I/O request size and the max_readahead.
251 * This function is to be called for every read request, rather than when
252 * it is time to perform readahead. It is called only once for the entire I/O
253 * regardless of size unless readahead is unable to start enough I/O to satisfy
254 * the request (I/O request > max_readahead).
258 * do_page_cache_readahead actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all
259 * the pages first, then submits them all for I/O. This avoids the very bad
260 * behaviour which would occur if page allocations are causing VM writeback.
261 * We really don't want to intermingle reads and writes like that.
263 * Returns the number of pages requested, or the maximum amount of I/O allowed.
265 * do_page_cache_readahead() returns -1 if it encountered request queue
266 * congestion.
268 static int
269 __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
270 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
272 struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
273 struct page *page;
274 unsigned long end_index; /* The last page we want to read */
275 LIST_HEAD(page_pool);
276 int page_idx;
277 int ret = 0;
278 loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
280 if (isize == 0)
281 goto out;
283 end_index = ((isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
286 * Preallocate as many pages as we will need.
288 read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
289 for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) {
290 pgoff_t page_offset = offset + page_idx;
292 if (page_offset > end_index)
293 break;
295 page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset);
296 if (page)
297 continue;
299 read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
300 page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
301 read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
302 if (!page)
303 break;
304 page->index = page_offset;
305 list_add(&page->lru, &page_pool);
306 ret++;
308 read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
311 * Now start the IO. We ignore I/O errors - if the page is not
312 * uptodate then the caller will launch readpage again, and
313 * will then handle the error.
315 if (ret)
316 read_pages(mapping, filp, &page_pool, ret);
317 BUG_ON(!list_empty(&page_pool));
318 out:
319 return ret;
323 * Chunk the readahead into 2 megabyte units, so that we don't pin too much
324 * memory at once.
326 int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
327 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
329 int ret = 0;
331 if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages))
332 return -EINVAL;
334 while (nr_to_read) {
335 int err;
337 unsigned long this_chunk = (2 * 1024 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
339 if (this_chunk > nr_to_read)
340 this_chunk = nr_to_read;
341 err = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
342 offset, this_chunk);
343 if (err < 0) {
344 ret = err;
345 break;
347 ret += err;
348 offset += this_chunk;
349 nr_to_read -= this_chunk;
351 return ret;
355 * Check how effective readahead is being. If the amount of started IO is
356 * less than expected then the file is partly or fully in pagecache and
357 * readahead isn't helping.
360 static inline int check_ra_success(struct file_ra_state *ra,
361 unsigned long nr_to_read, unsigned long actual)
363 if (actual == 0) {
364 ra->cache_hit += nr_to_read;
365 if (ra->cache_hit >= VM_MAX_CACHE_HIT) {
366 ra_off(ra);
367 ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_INCACHE;
368 return 0;
370 } else {
371 ra->cache_hit=0;
373 return 1;
377 * This version skips the IO if the queue is read-congested, and will tell the
378 * block layer to abandon the readahead if request allocation would block.
380 * force_page_cache_readahead() will ignore queue congestion and will block on
381 * request queues.
383 int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
384 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
386 if (bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info))
387 return -1;
389 return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read);
393 * Read 'nr_to_read' pages starting at page 'offset'. If the flag 'block'
394 * is set wait till the read completes. Otherwise attempt to read without
395 * blocking.
396 * Returns 1 meaning 'success' if read is successful without switching off
397 * readahead mode. Otherwise return failure.
399 static int
400 blockable_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
401 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
402 struct file_ra_state *ra, int block)
404 int actual;
406 if (!block && bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info))
407 return 0;
409 actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read);
411 return check_ra_success(ra, nr_to_read, actual);
414 static int make_ahead_window(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
415 struct file_ra_state *ra, int force)
417 int block, ret;
419 ra->ahead_size = get_next_ra_size(ra);
420 ra->ahead_start = ra->start + ra->size;
422 block = force || (ra->prev_page >= ra->ahead_start);
423 ret = blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
424 ra->ahead_start, ra->ahead_size, ra, block);
426 if (!ret && !force) {
427 /* A read failure in blocking mode, implies pages are
428 * all cached. So we can safely assume we have taken
429 * care of all the pages requested in this call.
430 * A read failure in non-blocking mode, implies we are
431 * reading more pages than requested in this call. So
432 * we safely assume we have taken care of all the pages
433 * requested in this call.
435 * Just reset the ahead window in case we failed due to
436 * congestion. The ahead window will any way be closed
437 * in case we failed due to excessive page cache hits.
439 reset_ahead_window(ra);
442 return ret;
446 * page_cache_readahead - generic adaptive readahead
447 * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
448 * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
449 * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages()
450 * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units
451 * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
452 * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units
454 * page_cache_readahead() is the main function. If performs the adaptive
455 * readahead window size management and submits the readahead I/O.
457 * Note that @filp is purely used for passing on to the ->readpage[s]()
458 * handler: it may refer to a different file from @mapping (so we may not use
459 * @filp->f_mapping or @filp->f_dentry->d_inode here).
460 * Also, @ra may not be equal to &@filp->f_ra.
463 unsigned long
464 page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
465 struct file *filp, pgoff_t offset, unsigned long req_size)
467 unsigned long max, newsize;
468 int sequential;
471 * We avoid doing extra work and bogusly perturbing the readahead
472 * window expansion logic.
474 if (offset == ra->prev_page && --req_size)
475 ++offset;
477 /* Note that prev_page == -1 if it is a first read */
478 sequential = (offset == ra->prev_page + 1);
479 ra->prev_page = offset;
481 max = get_max_readahead(ra);
482 newsize = min(req_size, max);
484 /* No readahead or sub-page sized read or file already in cache */
485 if (newsize == 0 || (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_INCACHE))
486 goto out;
488 ra->prev_page += newsize - 1;
491 * Special case - first read at start of file. We'll assume it's
492 * a whole-file read and grow the window fast. Or detect first
493 * sequential access
495 if (sequential && ra->size == 0) {
496 ra->size = get_init_ra_size(newsize, max);
497 ra->start = offset;
498 if (!blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset,
499 ra->size, ra, 1))
500 goto out;
503 * If the request size is larger than our max readahead, we
504 * at least want to be sure that we get 2 IOs in flight and
505 * we know that we will definitly need the new I/O.
506 * once we do this, subsequent calls should be able to overlap
507 * IOs,* thus preventing stalls. so issue the ahead window
508 * immediately.
510 if (req_size >= max)
511 make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 1);
513 goto out;
517 * Now handle the random case:
518 * partial page reads and first access were handled above,
519 * so this must be the next page otherwise it is random
521 if (!sequential) {
522 ra_off(ra);
523 blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset,
524 newsize, ra, 1);
525 goto out;
529 * If we get here we are doing sequential IO and this was not the first
530 * occurence (ie we have an existing window)
532 if (ra->ahead_start == 0) { /* no ahead window yet */
533 if (!make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0))
534 goto recheck;
538 * Already have an ahead window, check if we crossed into it.
539 * If so, shift windows and issue a new ahead window.
540 * Only return the #pages that are in the current window, so that
541 * we get called back on the first page of the ahead window which
542 * will allow us to submit more IO.
544 if (ra->prev_page >= ra->ahead_start) {
545 ra->start = ra->ahead_start;
546 ra->size = ra->ahead_size;
547 make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0);
548 recheck:
549 /* prev_page shouldn't overrun the ahead window */
550 ra->prev_page = min(ra->prev_page,
551 ra->ahead_start + ra->ahead_size - 1);
554 out:
555 return ra->prev_page + 1;
557 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_readahead);
560 * handle_ra_miss() is called when it is known that a page which should have
561 * been present in the pagecache (we just did some readahead there) was in fact
562 * not found. This will happen if it was evicted by the VM (readahead
563 * thrashing)
565 * Turn on the cache miss flag in the RA struct, this will cause the RA code
566 * to reduce the RA size on the next read.
568 void handle_ra_miss(struct address_space *mapping,
569 struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t offset)
571 ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_MISS;
572 ra->flags &= ~RA_FLAG_INCACHE;
573 ra->cache_hit = 0;
577 * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a
578 * sensible upper limit.
580 unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
582 unsigned long active;
583 unsigned long inactive;
584 unsigned long free;
586 __get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free, NODE_DATA(numa_node_id()));
587 return min(nr, (inactive + free) / 2);