/* * mm/readahead.c - address_space-level file readahead. * * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds * * 09Apr2002 akpm@zip.com.au * Initial version. */ #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/blkdev.h> #include <linux/backing-dev.h> #include <linux/pagevec.h> void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page) { } EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_unplug_io_fn); struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = { .ra_pages = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, .state = 0, .capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY, .unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn, }; EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info); /* * Initialise a struct file's readahead state. Assumes that the caller has * memset *ra to zero. */ void file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping) { ra->ra_pages = mapping->backing_dev_info->ra_pages; ra->prev_page = -1; } /* * Return max readahead size for this inode in number-of-pages. */ static inline unsigned long get_max_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra) { return ra->ra_pages; } static inline unsigned long get_min_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra) { return (VM_MIN_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE; } static inline void ra_off(struct file_ra_state *ra) { ra->start = 0; ra->flags = 0; ra->size = 0; ra->ahead_start = 0; ra->ahead_size = 0; return; } /* * Set the initial window size, round to next power of 2 and square * for small size, x 4 for medium, and x 2 for large * for 128k (32 page) max ra * 1-8 page = 32k initial, > 8 page = 128k initial */ static unsigned long get_init_ra_size(unsigned long size, unsigned long max) { unsigned long newsize = roundup_pow_of_two(size); if (newsize <= max / 64) newsize = newsize * newsize; else if (newsize <= max / 4) newsize = max / 4; else newsize = max; return newsize; } /* * Set the new window size, this is called only when I/O is to be submitted, * not for each call to readahead. If a cache miss occured, reduce next I/O * size, else increase depending on how close to max we are. */ static inline unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra) { unsigned long max = get_max_readahead(ra); unsigned long min = get_min_readahead(ra); unsigned long cur = ra->size; unsigned long newsize; if (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_MISS) { ra->flags &= ~RA_FLAG_MISS; newsize = max((cur - 2), min); } else if (cur < max / 16) { newsize = 4 * cur; } else { newsize = 2 * cur; } return min(newsize, max); } #define list_to_page(head) (list_entry((head)->prev, struct page, lru)) /** * read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages, and * start reads against them. * @mapping: the address_space * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised. * @filler: callback routine for filling a single page. * @data: private data for the callback routine. * * Hides the details of the LRU cache etc from the filesystems. */ int read_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages, int (*filler)(void *, struct page *), void *data) { struct page *page; struct pagevec lru_pvec; int ret = 0; pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0); while (!list_empty(pages)) { page = list_to_page(pages); list_del(&page->lru); if (add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) { page_cache_release(page); continue; } ret = filler(data, page); if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page)) __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec); if (ret) { while (!list_empty(pages)) { struct page *victim; victim = list_to_page(pages); list_del(&victim->lru); page_cache_release(victim); } break; } } pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec); return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages); static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages) { unsigned page_idx; struct pagevec lru_pvec; int ret = 0; if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) { ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages); goto out; } pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0); for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_pages; page_idx++) { struct page *page = list_to_page(pages); list_del(&page->lru); if (!add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) { mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page); if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page)) __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec); } else { page_cache_release(page); } } pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec); out: return ret; } /* * Readahead design. * * The fields in struct file_ra_state represent the most-recently-executed * readahead attempt: * * start: Page index at which we started the readahead * size: Number of pages in that read * Together, these form the "current window". * Together, start and size represent the `readahead window'. * prev_page: The page which the readahead algorithm most-recently inspected. * It is mainly used to detect sequential file reading. * If page_cache_readahead sees that it is again being called for * a page which it just looked at, it can return immediately without * making any state changes. * ahead_start, * ahead_size: Together, these form the "ahead window". * ra_pages: The externally controlled max readahead for this fd. * * When readahead is in the off state (size == 0), readahead is disabled. * In this state, prev_page is used to detect the resumption of sequential I/O. * * The readahead code manages two windows - the "current" and the "ahead" * windows. The intent is that while the application is walking the pages * in the current window, I/O is underway on the ahead window. When the * current window is fully traversed, it is replaced by the ahead window * and the ahead window is invalidated. When this copying happens, the * new current window's pages are probably still locked. So * we submit a new batch of I/O immediately, creating a new ahead window. * * So: * * ----|----------------|----------------|----- * ^start ^start+size * ^ahead_start ^ahead_start+ahead_size * * ^ When this page is read, we submit I/O for the * ahead window. * * A `readahead hit' occurs when a read request is made against a page which is * the next sequential page. Ahead window calculations are done only when it * is time to submit a new IO. The code ramps up the size agressively at first, * but slow down as it approaches max_readhead. * * Any seek/ramdom IO will result in readahead being turned off. It will resume * at the first sequential access. * * There is a special-case: if the first page which the application tries to * read happens to be the first page of the file, it is assumed that a linear * read is about to happen and the window is immediately set to the initial size * based on I/O request size and the max_readahead. * * This function is to be called for every read request, rather than when * it is time to perform readahead. It is called only once for the entire I/O * regardless of size unless readahead is unable to start enough I/O to satisfy * the request (I/O request > max_readahead). */ /* * do_page_cache_readahead actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all * the pages first, then submits them all for I/O. This avoids the very bad * behaviour which would occur if page allocations are causing VM writeback. * We really don't want to intermingle reads and writes like that. * * Returns the number of pages requested, or the maximum amount of I/O allowed. * * do_page_cache_readahead() returns -1 if it encountered request queue * congestion. */ static int __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read) { struct inode *inode = mapping->host; struct page *page; unsigned long end_index; /* The last page we want to read */ LIST_HEAD(page_pool); int page_idx; int ret = 0; loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode); if (isize == 0) goto out; end_index = ((isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT); /* * Preallocate as many pages as we will need. */ read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock); for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) { unsigned long page_offset = offset + page_idx; if (page_offset > end_index) break; page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset); if (page) continue; read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock); page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping); read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock); if (!page) break; page->index = page_offset; list_add(&page->lru, &page_pool); ret++; } read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock); /* * Now start the IO. We ignore I/O errors - if the page is not * uptodate then the caller will launch readpage again, and * will then handle the error. */ if (ret) read_pages(mapping, filp, &page_pool, ret); BUG_ON(!list_empty(&page_pool)); out: return ret; } /* * Chunk the readahead into 2 megabyte units, so that we don't pin too much * memory at once. */ int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read) { int ret = 0; if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages)) return -EINVAL; while (nr_to_read) { int err; unsigned long this_chunk = (2 * 1024 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE; if (this_chunk > nr_to_read) this_chunk = nr_to_read; err = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, this_chunk); if (err < 0) { ret = err; break; } ret += err; offset += this_chunk; nr_to_read -= this_chunk; } return ret; } /* * Check how effective readahead is being. If the amount of started IO is * less than expected then the file is partly or fully in pagecache and * readahead isn't helping. * */ static inline int check_ra_success(struct file_ra_state *ra, unsigned long nr_to_read, unsigned long actual) { if (actual == 0) { ra->cache_hit += nr_to_read; if (ra->cache_hit >= VM_MAX_CACHE_HIT) { ra_off(ra); ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_INCACHE; return 0; } } else { ra->cache_hit=0; } return 1; } /* * This version skips the IO if the queue is read-congested, and will tell the * block layer to abandon the readahead if request allocation would block. * * force_page_cache_readahead() will ignore queue congestion and will block on * request queues. */ int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read) { if (bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info)) return -1; return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read); } /* * Read 'nr_to_read' pages starting at page 'offset'. If the flag 'block' * is set wait till the read completes. Otherwise attempt to read without * blocking. * Returns 1 meaning 'success' if read is succesfull without switching off * readhaead mode. Otherwise return failure. */ static int blockable_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read, struct file_ra_state *ra, int block) { int actual; if (!block && bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info)) return 0; actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read); return check_ra_success(ra, nr_to_read, actual); } static int make_ahead_window(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, struct file_ra_state *ra, int force) { int block, ret; ra->ahead_size = get_next_ra_size(ra); ra->ahead_start = ra->start + ra->size; block = force || (ra->prev_page >= ra->ahead_start); ret = blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, ra->ahead_start, ra->ahead_size, ra, block); if (!ret && !force) { /* A read failure in blocking mode, implies pages are * all cached. So we can safely assume we have taken * care of all the pages requested in this call. * A read failure in non-blocking mode, implies we are * reading more pages than requested in this call. So * we safely assume we have taken care of all the pages * requested in this call. * * Just reset the ahead window in case we failed due to * congestion. The ahead window will any way be closed * in case we failed due to excessive page cache hits. */ ra->ahead_start = 0; ra->ahead_size = 0; } return ret; } /* * page_cache_readahead is the main function. If performs the adaptive * readahead window size management and submits the readahead I/O. */ unsigned long page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra, struct file *filp, unsigned long offset, unsigned long req_size) { unsigned long max, newsize; int sequential; /* * We avoid doing extra work and bogusly perturbing the readahead * window expansion logic. */ if (offset == ra->prev_page && --req_size) ++offset; /* Note that prev_page == -1 if it is a first read */ sequential = (offset == ra->prev_page + 1); ra->prev_page = offset; max = get_max_readahead(ra); newsize = min(req_size, max); /* No readahead or sub-page sized read or file already in cache */ if (newsize == 0 || (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_INCACHE)) goto out; ra->prev_page += newsize - 1; /* * Special case - first read at start of file. We'll assume it's * a whole-file read and grow the window fast. Or detect first * sequential access */ if (sequential && ra->size == 0) { ra->size = get_init_ra_size(newsize, max); ra->start = offset; if (!blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, ra->size, ra, 1)) goto out; /* * If the request size is larger than our max readahead, we * at least want to be sure that we get 2 IOs in flight and * we know that we will definitly need the new I/O. * once we do this, subsequent calls should be able to overlap * IOs,* thus preventing stalls. so issue the ahead window * immediately. */ if (req_size >= max) make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 1); goto out; } /* * Now handle the random case: * partial page reads and first access were handled above, * so this must be the next page otherwise it is random */ if (!sequential) { ra_off(ra); blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, newsize, ra, 1); goto out; } /* * If we get here we are doing sequential IO and this was not the first * occurence (ie we have an existing window) */ if (ra->ahead_start == 0) { /* no ahead window yet */ if (!make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0)) goto out; } /* * Already have an ahead window, check if we crossed into it. * If so, shift windows and issue a new ahead window. * Only return the #pages that are in the current window, so that * we get called back on the first page of the ahead window which * will allow us to submit more IO. */ if (ra->prev_page >= ra->ahead_start) { ra->start = ra->ahead_start; ra->size = ra->ahead_size; make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0); } out: return ra->prev_page + 1; } /* * handle_ra_miss() is called when it is known that a page which should have * been present in the pagecache (we just did some readahead there) was in fact * not found. This will happen if it was evicted by the VM (readahead * thrashing) * * Turn on the cache miss flag in the RA struct, this will cause the RA code * to reduce the RA size on the next read. */ void handle_ra_miss(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t offset) { ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_MISS; ra->flags &= ~RA_FLAG_INCACHE; } /* * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a * sensible upper limit. */ unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr) { unsigned long active; unsigned long inactive; unsigned long free; __get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free, NODE_DATA(numa_node_id())); return min(nr, (inactive + free) / 2); }