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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/blkdev.h>
14 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
15 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
17 struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
18 .ra_pages = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
19 .state = 0,
23 * Initialise a struct file's readahead state
25 void
26 file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping)
28 memset(ra, 0, sizeof(*ra));
29 ra->ra_pages = mapping->backing_dev_info->ra_pages;
33 * Return max readahead size for this inode in number-of-pages.
35 static inline unsigned long get_max_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
37 return ra->ra_pages;
40 static inline unsigned long get_min_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
42 return (VM_MIN_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
45 /**
46 * read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages, and
47 * start reads against them.
48 * @mapping: the address_space
49 * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These
50 * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
51 * @filler: callback routine for filling a single page.
52 * @data: private data for the callback routine.
54 * Hides the details of the LRU cache etc from the filesystems.
56 int read_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
57 int (*filler)(void *, struct page *), void *data)
59 struct page *page;
60 struct pagevec lru_pvec;
61 int ret = 0;
63 pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);
65 while (!list_empty(pages)) {
66 page = list_entry(pages->prev, struct page, list);
67 list_del(&page->list);
68 if (add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
69 page_cache_release(page);
70 continue;
72 ret = filler(data, page);
73 if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
74 __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
75 if (ret)
76 break;
78 pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
79 return ret;
82 static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
83 struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
85 unsigned page_idx;
86 struct pagevec lru_pvec;
88 pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);
90 if (mapping->a_ops->readpages)
91 return mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
93 for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_pages; page_idx++) {
94 struct page *page = list_entry(pages->prev, struct page, list);
95 list_del(&page->list);
96 if (!add_to_page_cache(page, mapping,
97 page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
98 mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page);
99 if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
100 __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
101 } else {
102 page_cache_release(page);
105 pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
106 return 0;
110 * Readahead design.
112 * The fields in struct file_ra_state represent the most-recently-executed
113 * readahead attempt:
115 * start: Page index at which we started the readahead
116 * size: Number of pages in that read
117 * Together, these form the "current window".
118 * Together, start and size represent the `readahead window'.
119 * next_size: The number of pages to read on the next readahead miss.
120 * Has the magical value -1UL if readahead has been disabled.
121 * prev_page: The page which the readahead algorithm most-recently inspected.
122 * prev_page is mainly an optimisation: if page_cache_readahead
123 * sees that it is again being called for a page which it just
124 * looked at, it can return immediately without making any state
125 * changes.
126 * ahead_start,
127 * ahead_size: Together, these form the "ahead window".
128 * ra_pages: The externally controlled max readahead for this fd.
130 * The readahead code manages two windows - the "current" and the "ahead"
131 * windows. The intent is that while the application is walking the pages
132 * in the current window, I/O is underway on the ahead window. When the
133 * current window is fully traversed, it is replaced by the ahead window
134 * and the ahead window is invalidated. When this copying happens, the
135 * new current window's pages are probably still locked. When I/O has
136 * completed, we submit a new batch of I/O, creating a new ahead window.
138 * So:
140 * ----|----------------|----------------|-----
141 * ^start ^start+size
142 * ^ahead_start ^ahead_start+ahead_size
144 * ^ When this page is read, we submit I/O for the
145 * ahead window.
147 * A `readahead hit' occurs when a read request is made against a page which is
148 * inside the current window. Hits are good, and the window size (next_size)
149 * is grown aggressively when hits occur. Two pages are added to the next
150 * window size on each hit, which will end up doubling the next window size by
151 * the time I/O is submitted for it.
153 * If readahead hits are more sparse (say, the application is only reading
154 * every second page) then the window will build more slowly.
156 * On a readahead miss (the application seeked away) the readahead window is
157 * shrunk by 25%. We don't want to drop it too aggressively, because it is a
158 * good assumption that an application which has built a good readahead window
159 * will continue to perform linear reads. Either at the new file position, or
160 * at the old one after another seek.
162 * There is a special-case: if the first page which the application tries to
163 * read happens to be the first page of the file, it is assumed that a linear
164 * read is about to happen and the window is immediately set to half of the
165 * device maximum.
167 * A page request at (start + size) is not a miss at all - it's just a part of
168 * sequential file reading.
170 * This function is to be called for every page which is read, rather than when
171 * it is time to perform readahead. This is so the readahead algorithm can
172 * centrally work out the access patterns. This could be costly with many tiny
173 * read()s, so we specifically optimise for that case with prev_page.
177 * do_page_cache_readahead actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all
178 * the pages first, then submits them all for I/O. This avoids the very bad
179 * behaviour which would occur if page allocations are causing VM writeback.
180 * We really don't want to intermingle reads and writes like that.
182 * Returns the number of pages which actually had IO started against them.
184 static inline int
185 __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
186 unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
188 struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
189 struct page *page;
190 unsigned long end_index; /* The last page we want to read */
191 LIST_HEAD(page_pool);
192 int page_idx;
193 int ret = 0;
195 if (inode->i_size == 0)
196 goto out;
198 end_index = ((inode->i_size - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
201 * Preallocate as many pages as we will need.
203 read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
204 for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) {
205 unsigned long page_offset = offset + page_idx;
207 if (page_offset > end_index)
208 break;
210 page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset);
211 if (page)
212 continue;
214 read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
215 page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
216 read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
217 if (!page)
218 break;
219 page->index = page_offset;
220 list_add(&page->list, &page_pool);
221 ret++;
223 read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
226 * Now start the IO. We ignore I/O errors - if the page is not
227 * uptodate then the caller will launch readpage again, and
228 * will then handle the error.
230 if (ret) {
231 read_pages(mapping, filp, &page_pool, ret);
232 blk_run_queues();
234 BUG_ON(!list_empty(&page_pool));
235 out:
236 return ret;
240 * Chunk the readahead into 2 megabyte units, so that we don't pin too much
241 * memory at once.
243 int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
244 unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
246 int ret = 0;
248 while (nr_to_read) {
249 unsigned long this_chunk = (2 * 1024 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
251 if (this_chunk > nr_to_read)
252 this_chunk = nr_to_read;
253 ret = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
254 offset, this_chunk);
255 if (ret < 0)
256 break;
257 offset += this_chunk;
258 nr_to_read -= this_chunk;
260 return ret;
264 * Check how effective readahead is being. If the amount of started IO is
265 * less than expected then the file is partly or fully in pagecache and
266 * readahead isn't helping. Shrink the window.
268 * But don't shrink it too much - the application may read the same page
269 * occasionally.
271 static inline void
272 check_ra_success(struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t attempt,
273 pgoff_t actual, pgoff_t orig_next_size)
275 if (actual == 0) {
276 if (orig_next_size > 1) {
277 ra->next_size = orig_next_size - 1;
278 if (ra->ahead_size)
279 ra->ahead_size = ra->next_size;
280 } else {
281 ra->next_size = -1UL;
287 * page_cache_readahead is the main function. If performs the adaptive
288 * readahead window size management and submits the readahead I/O.
290 void
291 page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
292 struct file *filp, unsigned long offset)
294 unsigned max;
295 unsigned min;
296 unsigned orig_next_size;
297 unsigned actual;
300 * Here we detect the case where the application is performing
301 * sub-page sized reads. We avoid doing extra work and bogusly
302 * perturbing the readahead window expansion logic.
303 * If next_size is zero, this is the very first read for this
304 * file handle, or the window is maximally shrunk.
306 if (offset == ra->prev_page) {
307 if (ra->next_size != 0)
308 goto out;
311 if (ra->next_size == -1UL)
312 goto out; /* Maximally shrunk */
314 max = get_max_readahead(ra);
315 if (max == 0)
316 goto out; /* No readahead */
318 min = get_min_readahead(ra);
319 orig_next_size = ra->next_size;
321 if (ra->next_size == 0 && offset == 0) {
323 * Special case - first read from first page.
324 * We'll assume it's a whole-file read, and
325 * grow the window fast.
327 ra->next_size = max / 2;
328 goto do_io;
331 ra->prev_page = offset;
333 if (offset >= ra->start && offset <= (ra->start + ra->size)) {
335 * A readahead hit. Either inside the window, or one
336 * page beyond the end. Expand the next readahead size.
338 ra->next_size += 2;
339 } else {
341 * A miss - lseek, pread, etc. Shrink the readahead
342 * window by 25%.
344 ra->next_size -= ra->next_size / 4;
347 if (ra->next_size > max)
348 ra->next_size = max;
349 if (ra->next_size < min)
350 ra->next_size = min;
353 * Is this request outside the current window?
355 if (offset < ra->start || offset >= (ra->start + ra->size)) {
357 * A miss against the current window. Have we merely
358 * advanced into the ahead window?
360 if (offset == ra->ahead_start) {
362 * Yes, we have. The ahead window now becomes
363 * the current window.
365 ra->start = ra->ahead_start;
366 ra->size = ra->ahead_size;
367 ra->prev_page = ra->start;
368 ra->ahead_start = 0;
369 ra->ahead_size = 0;
371 * Control now returns, probably to sleep until I/O
372 * completes against the first ahead page.
373 * When the second page in the old ahead window is
374 * requested, control will return here and more I/O
375 * will be submitted to build the new ahead window.
377 goto out;
379 do_io:
381 * This is the "unusual" path. We come here during
382 * startup or after an lseek. We invalidate the
383 * ahead window and get some I/O underway for the new
384 * current window.
386 ra->start = offset;
387 ra->size = ra->next_size;
388 ra->ahead_start = 0; /* Invalidate these */
389 ra->ahead_size = 0;
391 actual = do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset,
392 ra->size);
393 check_ra_success(ra, ra->size, actual, orig_next_size);
394 } else {
396 * This read request is within the current window. It is time
397 * to submit I/O for the ahead window while the application is
398 * crunching through the current window.
400 if (ra->ahead_start == 0) {
401 ra->ahead_start = ra->start + ra->size;
402 ra->ahead_size = ra->next_size;
403 actual = do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
404 ra->ahead_start, ra->ahead_size);
405 check_ra_success(ra, ra->ahead_size,
406 actual, orig_next_size);
409 out:
410 return;
414 * For mmap reads (typically executables) the access pattern is fairly random,
415 * but somewhat ascending. So readaround favours pages beyond the target one.
416 * We also boost the window size, as it can easily shrink due to misses.
418 void
419 page_cache_readaround(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
420 struct file *filp, unsigned long offset)
422 if (ra->next_size != -1UL) {
423 const unsigned long min = get_min_readahead(ra) * 2;
424 unsigned long target;
425 unsigned long backward;
428 * If next_size is zero then leave it alone, because that's a
429 * readahead startup state.
431 if (ra->next_size && ra->next_size < min)
432 ra->next_size = min;
434 target = offset;
435 backward = ra->next_size / 4;
437 if (backward > target)
438 target = 0;
439 else
440 target -= backward;
441 page_cache_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, target);
446 * handle_ra_miss() is called when it is known that a page which should have
447 * been present in the pagecache (we just did some readahead there) was in fact
448 * not found. This will happen if it was evicted by the VM (readahead
449 * thrashing) or if the readahead window is maximally shrunk.
451 * If the window has been maximally shrunk (next_size == 0) then bump it up
452 * again to resume readahead.
454 * Otherwise we're thrashing, so shrink the readahead window by three pages.
455 * This is because it is grown by two pages on a readahead hit. Theory being
456 * that the readahead window size will stabilise around the maximum level at
457 * which there is no thrashing.
459 void handle_ra_miss(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra)
461 const unsigned long min = get_min_readahead(ra);
463 if (ra->next_size == -1UL) {
464 ra->next_size = min;
465 } else {
466 ra->next_size -= 3;
467 if (ra->next_size < min)
468 ra->next_size = min;
473 * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a
474 * sensible upper limit.
476 unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
478 unsigned long active;
479 unsigned long inactive;
481 get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive);
482 return min(nr, inactive / 2);