2 * mm/readahead.c - address_space-level file readahead.
4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds
6 * 09Apr2002 Andrew Morton
10 #include <linux/kernel.h>
11 #include <linux/gfp.h>
12 #include <linux/export.h>
13 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
14 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
15 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
16 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
17 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
18 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
19 #include <linux/file.h>
24 * Initialise a struct file's readahead state. Assumes that the caller has
28 file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state
*ra
, struct address_space
*mapping
)
30 ra
->ra_pages
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
->ra_pages
;
33 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init
);
35 #define list_to_page(head) (list_entry((head)->prev, struct page, lru))
38 * see if a page needs releasing upon read_cache_pages() failure
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
44 static void read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(struct address_space
*mapping
,
47 if (page_has_private(page
)) {
48 if (!trylock_page(page
))
50 page
->mapping
= mapping
;
51 do_invalidatepage(page
, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
);
55 page_cache_release(page
);
59 * release a list of pages, invalidating them first if need be
61 static void read_cache_pages_invalidate_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
62 struct list_head
*pages
)
66 while (!list_empty(pages
)) {
67 victim
= list_to_page(pages
);
68 list_del(&victim
->lru
);
69 read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(mapping
, victim
);
74 * read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages & start reads against them
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.
81 * Hides the details of the LRU cache etc from the filesystems.
83 int read_cache_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct list_head
*pages
,
84 int (*filler
)(void *, struct page
*), void *data
)
89 while (!list_empty(pages
)) {
90 page
= list_to_page(pages
);
92 if (add_to_page_cache_lru(page
, mapping
,
93 page
->index
, GFP_KERNEL
)) {
94 read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(mapping
, page
);
97 page_cache_release(page
);
99 ret
= filler(data
, page
);
101 read_cache_pages_invalidate_pages(mapping
, pages
);
104 task_io_account_read(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
);
109 EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages
);
111 static int read_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct file
*filp
,
112 struct list_head
*pages
, unsigned nr_pages
)
114 struct blk_plug plug
;
118 blk_start_plug(&plug
);
120 if (mapping
->a_ops
->readpages
) {
121 ret
= mapping
->a_ops
->readpages(filp
, mapping
, pages
, nr_pages
);
122 /* Clean up the remaining pages */
123 put_pages_list(pages
);
127 for (page_idx
= 0; page_idx
< nr_pages
; page_idx
++) {
128 struct page
*page
= list_to_page(pages
);
129 list_del(&page
->lru
);
130 if (!add_to_page_cache_lru(page
, mapping
,
131 page
->index
, GFP_KERNEL
)) {
132 mapping
->a_ops
->readpage(filp
, page
);
134 page_cache_release(page
);
139 blk_finish_plug(&plug
);
145 * __do_page_cache_readahead() actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all
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.
150 * Returns the number of pages requested, or the maximum amount of I/O allowed.
152 int __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct file
*filp
,
153 pgoff_t offset
, unsigned long nr_to_read
,
154 unsigned long lookahead_size
)
156 struct inode
*inode
= mapping
->host
;
158 unsigned long end_index
; /* The last page we want to read */
159 LIST_HEAD(page_pool
);
162 loff_t isize
= i_size_read(inode
);
167 end_index
= ((isize
- 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
);
170 * Preallocate as many pages as we will need.
172 for (page_idx
= 0; page_idx
< nr_to_read
; page_idx
++) {
173 pgoff_t page_offset
= offset
+ page_idx
;
175 if (page_offset
> end_index
)
179 page
= radix_tree_lookup(&mapping
->page_tree
, page_offset
);
181 if (page
&& !radix_tree_exceptional_entry(page
))
184 page
= page_cache_alloc_readahead(mapping
);
187 page
->index
= page_offset
;
188 list_add(&page
->lru
, &page_pool
);
189 if (page_idx
== nr_to_read
- lookahead_size
)
190 SetPageReadahead(page
);
195 * Now start the IO. We ignore I/O errors - if the page is not
196 * uptodate then the caller will launch readpage again, and
197 * will then handle the error.
200 read_pages(mapping
, filp
, &page_pool
, ret
);
201 BUG_ON(!list_empty(&page_pool
));
207 * Chunk the readahead into 2 megabyte units, so that we don't pin too much
210 int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct file
*filp
,
211 pgoff_t offset
, unsigned long nr_to_read
)
213 if (unlikely(!mapping
->a_ops
->readpage
&& !mapping
->a_ops
->readpages
))
216 nr_to_read
= max_sane_readahead(nr_to_read
);
220 unsigned long this_chunk
= (2 * 1024 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
;
222 if (this_chunk
> nr_to_read
)
223 this_chunk
= nr_to_read
;
224 err
= __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping
, filp
,
225 offset
, this_chunk
, 0);
229 offset
+= this_chunk
;
230 nr_to_read
-= this_chunk
;
235 #define MAX_READAHEAD ((512*4096)/PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
237 * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a
238 * sensible upper limit.
240 unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr
)
242 return min(nr
, MAX_READAHEAD
);
246 * Set the initial window size, round to next power of 2 and square
247 * for small size, x 4 for medium, and x 2 for large
248 * for 128k (32 page) max ra
249 * 1-8 page = 32k initial, > 8 page = 128k initial
251 static unsigned long get_init_ra_size(unsigned long size
, unsigned long max
)
253 unsigned long newsize
= roundup_pow_of_two(size
);
255 if (newsize
<= max
/ 32)
256 newsize
= newsize
* 4;
257 else if (newsize
<= max
/ 4)
258 newsize
= newsize
* 2;
266 * Get the previous window size, ramp it up, and
267 * return it as the new window size.
269 static unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state
*ra
,
272 unsigned long cur
= ra
->size
;
273 unsigned long newsize
;
280 return min(newsize
, max
);
284 * On-demand readahead design.
286 * The fields in struct file_ra_state represent the most-recently-executed
289 * |<----- async_size ---------|
290 * |------------------- size -------------------->|
291 * |==================#===========================|
292 * ^start ^page marked with PG_readahead
294 * To overlap application thinking time and disk I/O time, we do
295 * `readahead pipelining': Do not wait until the application consumed all
296 * readahead pages and stalled on the missing page at readahead_index;
297 * Instead, submit an asynchronous readahead I/O as soon as there are
298 * only async_size pages left in the readahead window. Normally async_size
299 * will be equal to size, for maximum pipelining.
301 * In interleaved sequential reads, concurrent streams on the same fd can
302 * be invalidating each other's readahead state. So we flag the new readahead
303 * page at (start+size-async_size) with PG_readahead, and use it as readahead
304 * indicator. The flag won't be set on already cached pages, to avoid the
305 * readahead-for-nothing fuss, saving pointless page cache lookups.
307 * prev_pos tracks the last visited byte in the _previous_ read request.
308 * It should be maintained by the caller, and will be used for detecting
309 * small random reads. Note that the readahead algorithm checks loosely
310 * for sequential patterns. Hence interleaved reads might be served as
313 * There is a special-case: if the first page which the application tries to
314 * read happens to be the first page of the file, it is assumed that a linear
315 * read is about to happen and the window is immediately set to the initial size
316 * based on I/O request size and the max_readahead.
318 * The code ramps up the readahead size aggressively at first, but slow down as
319 * it approaches max_readhead.
323 * Count contiguously cached pages from @offset-1 to @offset-@max,
324 * this count is a conservative estimation of
325 * - length of the sequential read sequence, or
326 * - thrashing threshold in memory tight systems
328 static pgoff_t
count_history_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
329 pgoff_t offset
, unsigned long max
)
334 head
= page_cache_prev_hole(mapping
, offset
- 1, max
);
337 return offset
- 1 - head
;
341 * page cache context based read-ahead
343 static int try_context_readahead(struct address_space
*mapping
,
344 struct file_ra_state
*ra
,
346 unsigned long req_size
,
351 size
= count_history_pages(mapping
, offset
, max
);
354 * not enough history pages:
355 * it could be a random read
357 if (size
<= req_size
)
361 * starts from beginning of file:
362 * it is a strong indication of long-run stream (or whole-file-read)
368 ra
->size
= min(size
+ req_size
, max
);
375 * A minimal readahead algorithm for trivial sequential/random reads.
378 ondemand_readahead(struct address_space
*mapping
,
379 struct file_ra_state
*ra
, struct file
*filp
,
380 bool hit_readahead_marker
, pgoff_t offset
,
381 unsigned long req_size
)
383 unsigned long max
= max_sane_readahead(ra
->ra_pages
);
390 goto initial_readahead
;
393 * It's the expected callback offset, assume sequential access.
394 * Ramp up sizes, and push forward the readahead window.
396 if ((offset
== (ra
->start
+ ra
->size
- ra
->async_size
) ||
397 offset
== (ra
->start
+ ra
->size
))) {
398 ra
->start
+= ra
->size
;
399 ra
->size
= get_next_ra_size(ra
, max
);
400 ra
->async_size
= ra
->size
;
405 * Hit a marked page without valid readahead state.
406 * E.g. interleaved reads.
407 * Query the pagecache for async_size, which normally equals to
408 * readahead size. Ramp it up and use it as the new readahead size.
410 if (hit_readahead_marker
) {
414 start
= page_cache_next_hole(mapping
, offset
+ 1, max
);
417 if (!start
|| start
- offset
> max
)
421 ra
->size
= start
- offset
; /* old async_size */
422 ra
->size
+= req_size
;
423 ra
->size
= get_next_ra_size(ra
, max
);
424 ra
->async_size
= ra
->size
;
432 goto initial_readahead
;
435 * sequential cache miss
436 * trivial case: (offset - prev_offset) == 1
437 * unaligned reads: (offset - prev_offset) == 0
439 prev_offset
= (unsigned long long)ra
->prev_pos
>> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
;
440 if (offset
- prev_offset
<= 1UL)
441 goto initial_readahead
;
444 * Query the page cache and look for the traces(cached history pages)
445 * that a sequential stream would leave behind.
447 if (try_context_readahead(mapping
, ra
, offset
, req_size
, max
))
451 * standalone, small random read
452 * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state.
454 return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping
, filp
, offset
, req_size
, 0);
458 ra
->size
= get_init_ra_size(req_size
, max
);
459 ra
->async_size
= ra
->size
> req_size
? ra
->size
- req_size
: ra
->size
;
463 * Will this read hit the readahead marker made by itself?
464 * If so, trigger the readahead marker hit now, and merge
465 * the resulted next readahead window into the current one.
467 if (offset
== ra
->start
&& ra
->size
== ra
->async_size
) {
468 ra
->async_size
= get_next_ra_size(ra
, max
);
469 ra
->size
+= ra
->async_size
;
472 return ra_submit(ra
, mapping
, filp
);
476 * page_cache_sync_readahead - generic file readahead
477 * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
478 * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
479 * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages()
480 * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in pagecache page-sized units
481 * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
484 * page_cache_sync_readahead() should be called when a cache miss happened:
485 * it will submit the read. The readahead logic may decide to piggyback more
486 * pages onto the read request if access patterns suggest it will improve
489 void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct address_space
*mapping
,
490 struct file_ra_state
*ra
, struct file
*filp
,
491 pgoff_t offset
, unsigned long req_size
)
498 if (filp
&& (filp
->f_mode
& FMODE_RANDOM
)) {
499 force_page_cache_readahead(mapping
, filp
, offset
, req_size
);
504 ondemand_readahead(mapping
, ra
, filp
, false, offset
, req_size
);
506 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_sync_readahead
);
509 * page_cache_async_readahead - file readahead for marked pages
510 * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
511 * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
512 * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages()
513 * @page: the page at @offset which has the PG_readahead flag set
514 * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in pagecache page-sized units
515 * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
518 * page_cache_async_readahead() should be called when a page is used which
519 * has the PG_readahead flag; this is a marker to suggest that the application
520 * has used up enough of the readahead window that we should start pulling in
524 page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space
*mapping
,
525 struct file_ra_state
*ra
, struct file
*filp
,
526 struct page
*page
, pgoff_t offset
,
527 unsigned long req_size
)
534 * Same bit is used for PG_readahead and PG_reclaim.
536 if (PageWriteback(page
))
539 ClearPageReadahead(page
);
542 * Defer asynchronous read-ahead on IO congestion.
544 if (bdi_read_congested(mapping
->backing_dev_info
))
548 ondemand_readahead(mapping
, ra
, filp
, true, offset
, req_size
);
550 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_async_readahead
);
553 do_readahead(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct file
*filp
,
554 pgoff_t index
, unsigned long nr
)
556 if (!mapping
|| !mapping
->a_ops
)
559 return force_page_cache_readahead(mapping
, filp
, index
, nr
);
562 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(readahead
, int, fd
, loff_t
, offset
, size_t, count
)
570 if (f
.file
->f_mode
& FMODE_READ
) {
571 struct address_space
*mapping
= f
.file
->f_mapping
;
572 pgoff_t start
= offset
>> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
;
573 pgoff_t end
= (offset
+ count
- 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
;
574 unsigned long len
= end
- start
+ 1;
575 ret
= do_readahead(mapping
, f
.file
, start
, len
);