From c743d96b6d2ff55a94df7b5ac7c74987bb9c343b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fengguang Wu Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:48:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] readahead: remove the old algorithm Remove the old readahead algorithm. Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu Cc: Steven Pratt Cc: Ram Pai Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/fs.h | 11 +- include/linux/mm.h | 7 - mm/readahead.c | 373 +++------------------------------------------ 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 365 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 9a5f562abc77..29cb32d3a849 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -701,14 +701,6 @@ struct fown_struct { * file_ra_state.la_index .ra_index .lookahead_index .readahead_index */ struct file_ra_state { - unsigned long start; /* Current window */ - unsigned long size; - unsigned long flags; /* ra flags RA_FLAG_xxx*/ - unsigned long cache_hit; /* cache hit count*/ - 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 */ @@ -717,10 +709,9 @@ struct file_ra_state { 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 */ + unsigned long prev_index; /* Cache last read() position */ unsigned int prev_offset; /* Offset where last read() ended in a page */ }; -#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. diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 619c0e80cf0c..3d0d7d285237 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -1144,13 +1144,6 @@ unsigned long page_cache_readahead_ondemand(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page, pgoff_t offset, unsigned long size); -unsigned long page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, - struct file_ra_state *ra, - struct file *filp, - pgoff_t offset, - unsigned long size); -void handle_ra_miss(struct address_space *mapping, - struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t offset); unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr); /* Do stack extension */ diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c index c094e4f5a250..5b3c9b7d70fa 100644 --- a/mm/readahead.c +++ b/mm/readahead.c @@ -49,82 +49,6 @@ file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init); -/* - * 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 MIN_RA_PAGES; -} - -static inline void reset_ahead_window(struct file_ra_state *ra) -{ - /* - * ... but preserve ahead_start + ahead_size value, - * see 'recheck:' label in page_cache_readahead(). - * Note: We never use ->ahead_size as rvalue without - * checking ->ahead_start != 0 first. - */ - ra->ahead_size += ra->ahead_start; - ra->ahead_start = 0; -} - -static inline void ra_off(struct file_ra_state *ra) -{ - ra->start = 0; - ra->flags = 0; - ra->size = 0; - reset_ahead_window(ra); - 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 / 32) - newsize = newsize * 4; - else if (newsize <= max / 4) - newsize = newsize * 2; - 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)) /** @@ -200,66 +124,6 @@ static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, 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_index: 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. - * offset: Offset in the prev_index where the last read ended - used for - * detection of sequential file reading. - * 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_index 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 @@ -295,7 +159,7 @@ __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock); for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) { pgoff_t page_offset = offset + page_idx; - + if (page_offset > end_index) break; @@ -360,28 +224,6 @@ int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, 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. @@ -398,191 +240,6 @@ int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read, 0); } -/* - * 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 successful without switching off - * readahead mode. Otherwise return failure. - */ -static int -blockable_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, - pgoff_t 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, 0); - - 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_index >= 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. - */ - reset_ahead_window(ra); - } - - return ret; -} - -/** - * page_cache_readahead - generic adaptive readahead - * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors - * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state - * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages() - * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units - * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in - * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units - * - * page_cache_readahead() is the main function. It performs the adaptive - * readahead window size management and submits the readahead I/O. - * - * Note that @filp is purely used for passing on to the ->readpage[s]() - * handler: it may refer to a different file from @mapping (so we may not use - * @filp->f_mapping or @filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode here). - * Also, @ra may not be equal to &@filp->f_ra. - * - */ -unsigned long -page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra, - struct file *filp, pgoff_t 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_index && --req_size) - ++offset; - - /* Note that prev_index == -1 if it is a first read */ - sequential = (offset == ra->prev_index + 1); - ra->prev_index = offset; - ra->prev_offset = 0; - - 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_index += 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 recheck; - } - - /* - * 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_index >= ra->ahead_start) { - ra->start = ra->ahead_start; - ra->size = ra->ahead_size; - make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0); -recheck: - /* prev_index shouldn't overrun the ahead window */ - ra->prev_index = min(ra->prev_index, - ra->ahead_start + ra->ahead_size - 1); - } - -out: - return ra->prev_index + 1; -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_readahead); - -/* - * 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; - ra->cache_hit = 0; -} - /* * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a * sensible upper limit. @@ -612,20 +269,40 @@ unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra, } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ra_submit); +/* + * 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 / 32) + newsize = newsize * 4; + else if (newsize <= max / 4) + newsize = newsize * 2; + else + newsize = max; + + return newsize; +} + /* * Get the previous window size, ramp it up, and * return it as the new window size. */ -static unsigned long get_next_ra_size2(struct file_ra_state *ra, +static unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra, unsigned long max) { unsigned long cur = ra->readahead_index - ra->ra_index; unsigned long newsize; if (cur < max / 16) - newsize = cur * 4; + newsize = 4 * cur; else - newsize = cur * 2; + newsize = 2 * cur; return min(newsize, max); } @@ -701,7 +378,7 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, if (offset && (offset == ra->lookahead_index || offset == ra->readahead_index)) { ra_index = ra->readahead_index; - ra_size = get_next_ra_size2(ra, max); + ra_size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max); la_size = ra_size; goto fill_ra; }