readahead: data structure and routines
authorFengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:47:59 +0000 (01:47 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:04:44 +0000 (10:04 -0700)
Extend struct file_ra_state to support the on-demand readahead logic.  Also
define some helpers for it.

Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
Cc: Steven Pratt <slpratt@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/fs.h
mm/readahead.c

index 75dd16efc9b6989bbcf64f77495c78aa4aeb8b58..9a5f562abc77eb9f62ac3588f85d3cb746eeca56 100644 (file)
@@ -695,6 +695,10 @@ struct fown_struct {
 
 /*
  * Track a single file's readahead state
+ *
+ *  ================#============|==================#==================|
+ *                  ^            ^                  ^                  ^
+ *  file_ra_state.la_index    .ra_index   .lookahead_index   .readahead_index
  */
 struct file_ra_state {
        unsigned long start;            /* Current window */
@@ -704,6 +708,12 @@ struct file_ra_state {
        unsigned long prev_index;       /* Cache last read() position */
        unsigned long ahead_start;      /* Ahead window */
        unsigned long ahead_size;
+
+       pgoff_t la_index;               /* enqueue time */
+       pgoff_t ra_index;               /* begin offset */
+       pgoff_t lookahead_index;        /* time to do next readahead */
+       pgoff_t readahead_index;        /* end offset */
+
        unsigned long ra_pages;         /* Maximum readahead window */
        unsigned long mmap_hit;         /* Cache hit stat for mmap accesses */
        unsigned long mmap_miss;        /* Cache miss stat for mmap accesses */
@@ -712,6 +722,60 @@ struct file_ra_state {
 #define RA_FLAG_MISS 0x01      /* a cache miss occured against this file */
 #define RA_FLAG_INCACHE 0x02   /* file is already in cache */
 
+/*
+ * Measuring read-ahead sizes.
+ *
+ *                  |----------- readahead size ------------>|
+ *  ===#============|==================#=====================|
+ *     |------- invoke interval ------>|-- lookahead size -->|
+ */
+static inline unsigned long ra_readahead_size(struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+       return ra->readahead_index - ra->ra_index;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long ra_lookahead_size(struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+       return ra->readahead_index - ra->lookahead_index;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long ra_invoke_interval(struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+       return ra->lookahead_index - ra->la_index;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if @index falls in the readahead windows.
+ */
+static inline int ra_has_index(struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t index)
+{
+       return (index >= ra->la_index &&
+               index <  ra->readahead_index);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Where is the old read-ahead and look-ahead?
+ */
+static inline void ra_set_index(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+                               pgoff_t la_index, pgoff_t ra_index)
+{
+       ra->la_index = la_index;
+       ra->ra_index = ra_index;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Where is the new read-ahead and look-ahead?
+ */
+static inline void ra_set_size(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+                               unsigned long ra_size, unsigned long la_size)
+{
+       ra->readahead_index = ra->ra_index + ra_size;
+       ra->lookahead_index = ra->ra_index + ra_size - la_size;
+}
+
+unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+                      struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp);
+
 struct file {
        /*
         * fu_list becomes invalid after file_free is called and queued via
index 7f9bf588c93630800629b71201939866721ca4ca..072ce8f8357dc5f657e8040eea4c4ae59883fc0e 100644 (file)
@@ -592,3 +592,22 @@ unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
        return min(nr, (node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_INACTIVE)
                + node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_FREE_PAGES)) / 2);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state.
+ */
+unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+                      struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp)
+{
+       unsigned long ra_size;
+       unsigned long la_size;
+       int actual;
+
+       ra_size = ra_readahead_size(ra);
+       la_size = ra_lookahead_size(ra);
+       actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
+                                       ra->ra_index, ra_size, la_size);
+
+       return actual;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ra_submit);