2 * mm/readahead.c - address_space-level file readahead.
4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds
6 * 09Apr2002 akpm@zip.com.au
10 #include <linux/kernel.h>
13 #include <linux/module.h>
14 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
15 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
16 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
18 void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
21 EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_unplug_io_fn);
23 struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
24 .ra_pages = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
26 .capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY,
27 .unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn,
29 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info);
32 * Initialise a struct file's readahead state. Assumes that the caller has
36 file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping)
38 ra->ra_pages = mapping->backing_dev_info->ra_pages;
43 * Return max readahead size for this inode in number-of-pages.
45 static inline unsigned long get_max_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
50 static inline unsigned long get_min_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
52 return (VM_MIN_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
55 static inline void ra_off(struct file_ra_state *ra)
66 * Set the initial window size, round to next power of 2 and square
67 * for small size, x 4 for medium, and x 2 for large
68 * for 128k (32 page) max ra
69 * 1-8 page = 32k initial, > 8 page = 128k initial
71 static unsigned long get_init_ra_size(unsigned long size, unsigned long max)
73 unsigned long newsize = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
75 if (newsize <= max / 64)
76 newsize = newsize * newsize;
77 else if (newsize <= max / 4)
85 * Set the new window size, this is called only when I/O is to be submitted,
86 * not for each call to readahead. If a cache miss occured, reduce next I/O
87 * size, else increase depending on how close to max we are.
89 static inline unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra)
91 unsigned long max = get_max_readahead(ra);
92 unsigned long min = get_min_readahead(ra);
93 unsigned long cur = ra->size;
94 unsigned long newsize;
96 if (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_MISS) {
97 ra->flags &= ~RA_FLAG_MISS;
98 newsize = max((cur - 2), min);
99 } else if (cur < max / 16) {
104 return min(newsize, max);
107 #define list_to_page(head) (list_entry((head)->prev, struct page, lru))
110 * read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages, and
111 * start reads against them.
112 * @mapping: the address_space
113 * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These
114 * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
115 * @filler: callback routine for filling a single page.
116 * @data: private data for the callback routine.
118 * Hides the details of the LRU cache etc from the filesystems.
120 int read_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
121 int (*filler)(void *, struct page *), void *data)
124 struct pagevec lru_pvec;
127 pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);
129 while (!list_empty(pages)) {
130 page = list_to_page(pages);
131 list_del(&page->lru);
132 if (add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
133 page_cache_release(page);
136 ret = filler(data, page);
137 if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
138 __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
140 while (!list_empty(pages)) {
143 victim = list_to_page(pages);
144 list_del(&victim->lru);
145 page_cache_release(victim);
150 pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
154 EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages);
156 static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
157 struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
160 struct pagevec lru_pvec;
163 if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) {
164 ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
168 pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);
169 for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_pages; page_idx++) {
170 struct page *page = list_to_page(pages);
171 list_del(&page->lru);
172 if (!add_to_page_cache(page, mapping,
173 page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
174 ret = mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page);
175 if (ret != AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
176 if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
177 __pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
179 } /* else fall through to release */
181 page_cache_release(page);
183 pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
192 * The fields in struct file_ra_state represent the most-recently-executed
195 * start: Page index at which we started the readahead
196 * size: Number of pages in that read
197 * Together, these form the "current window".
198 * Together, start and size represent the `readahead window'.
199 * prev_page: The page which the readahead algorithm most-recently inspected.
200 * It is mainly used to detect sequential file reading.
201 * If page_cache_readahead sees that it is again being called for
202 * a page which it just looked at, it can return immediately without
203 * making any state changes.
205 * ahead_size: Together, these form the "ahead window".
206 * ra_pages: The externally controlled max readahead for this fd.
208 * When readahead is in the off state (size == 0), readahead is disabled.
209 * In this state, prev_page is used to detect the resumption of sequential I/O.
211 * The readahead code manages two windows - the "current" and the "ahead"
212 * windows. The intent is that while the application is walking the pages
213 * in the current window, I/O is underway on the ahead window. When the
214 * current window is fully traversed, it is replaced by the ahead window
215 * and the ahead window is invalidated. When this copying happens, the
216 * new current window's pages are probably still locked. So
217 * we submit a new batch of I/O immediately, creating a new ahead window.
221 * ----|----------------|----------------|-----
223 * ^ahead_start ^ahead_start+ahead_size
225 * ^ When this page is read, we submit I/O for the
228 * A `readahead hit' occurs when a read request is made against a page which is
229 * the next sequential page. Ahead window calculations are done only when it
230 * is time to submit a new IO. The code ramps up the size agressively at first,
231 * but slow down as it approaches max_readhead.
233 * Any seek/ramdom IO will result in readahead being turned off. It will resume
234 * at the first sequential access.
236 * There is a special-case: if the first page which the application tries to
237 * read happens to be the first page of the file, it is assumed that a linear
238 * read is about to happen and the window is immediately set to the initial size
239 * based on I/O request size and the max_readahead.
241 * This function is to be called for every read request, rather than when
242 * it is time to perform readahead. It is called only once for the entire I/O
243 * regardless of size unless readahead is unable to start enough I/O to satisfy
244 * the request (I/O request > max_readahead).
248 * do_page_cache_readahead actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all
249 * the pages first, then submits them all for I/O. This avoids the very bad
250 * behaviour which would occur if page allocations are causing VM writeback.
251 * We really don't want to intermingle reads and writes like that.
253 * Returns the number of pages requested, or the maximum amount of I/O allowed.
255 * do_page_cache_readahead() returns -1 if it encountered request queue
259 __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
260 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
262 struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
264 unsigned long end_index; /* The last page we want to read */
265 LIST_HEAD(page_pool);
268 loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
273 end_index = ((isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
276 * Preallocate as many pages as we will need.
278 read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
279 for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) {
280 pgoff_t page_offset = offset + page_idx;
282 if (page_offset > end_index)
285 page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset);
289 read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
290 page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
291 read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
294 page->index = page_offset;
295 list_add(&page->lru, &page_pool);
298 read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
301 * Now start the IO. We ignore I/O errors - if the page is not
302 * uptodate then the caller will launch readpage again, and
303 * will then handle the error.
306 read_pages(mapping, filp, &page_pool, ret);
307 BUG_ON(!list_empty(&page_pool));
313 * Chunk the readahead into 2 megabyte units, so that we don't pin too much
316 int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
317 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
321 if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages))
327 unsigned long this_chunk = (2 * 1024 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
329 if (this_chunk > nr_to_read)
330 this_chunk = nr_to_read;
331 err = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
338 offset += this_chunk;
339 nr_to_read -= this_chunk;
345 * Check how effective readahead is being. If the amount of started IO is
346 * less than expected then the file is partly or fully in pagecache and
347 * readahead isn't helping.
350 static inline int check_ra_success(struct file_ra_state *ra,
351 unsigned long nr_to_read, unsigned long actual)
354 ra->cache_hit += nr_to_read;
355 if (ra->cache_hit >= VM_MAX_CACHE_HIT) {
357 ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_INCACHE;
367 * This version skips the IO if the queue is read-congested, and will tell the
368 * block layer to abandon the readahead if request allocation would block.
370 * force_page_cache_readahead() will ignore queue congestion and will block on
373 int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
374 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
376 if (bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info))
379 return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read);
383 * Read 'nr_to_read' pages starting at page 'offset'. If the flag 'block'
384 * is set wait till the read completes. Otherwise attempt to read without
386 * Returns 1 meaning 'success' if read is succesfull without switching off
387 * readhaead mode. Otherwise return failure.
390 blockable_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
391 pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
392 struct file_ra_state *ra, int block)
396 if (!block && bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info))
399 actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read);
401 return check_ra_success(ra, nr_to_read, actual);
404 static int make_ahead_window(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
405 struct file_ra_state *ra, int force)
409 ra->ahead_size = get_next_ra_size(ra);
410 ra->ahead_start = ra->start + ra->size;
412 block = force || (ra->prev_page >= ra->ahead_start);
413 ret = blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
414 ra->ahead_start, ra->ahead_size, ra, block);
416 if (!ret && !force) {
417 /* A read failure in blocking mode, implies pages are
418 * all cached. So we can safely assume we have taken
419 * care of all the pages requested in this call.
420 * A read failure in non-blocking mode, implies we are
421 * reading more pages than requested in this call. So
422 * we safely assume we have taken care of all the pages
423 * requested in this call.
425 * Just reset the ahead window in case we failed due to
426 * congestion. The ahead window will any way be closed
427 * in case we failed due to excessive page cache hits.
437 * page_cache_readahead - generic adaptive readahead
438 * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
439 * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
440 * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages()
441 * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units
442 * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
443 * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units
445 * page_cache_readahead() is the main function. If performs the adaptive
446 * readahead window size management and submits the readahead I/O.
448 * Note that @filp is purely used for passing on to the ->readpage[s]()
449 * handler: it may refer to a different file from @mapping (so we may not use
450 * @filp->f_mapping or @filp->f_dentry->d_inode here).
451 * Also, @ra may not be equal to &@filp->f_ra.
455 page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
456 struct file *filp, pgoff_t offset, unsigned long req_size)
458 unsigned long max, newsize;
462 * We avoid doing extra work and bogusly perturbing the readahead
463 * window expansion logic.
465 if (offset == ra->prev_page && --req_size)
468 /* Note that prev_page == -1 if it is a first read */
469 sequential = (offset == ra->prev_page + 1);
470 ra->prev_page = offset;
472 max = get_max_readahead(ra);
473 newsize = min(req_size, max);
475 /* No readahead or sub-page sized read or file already in cache */
476 if (newsize == 0 || (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_INCACHE))
479 ra->prev_page += newsize - 1;
482 * Special case - first read at start of file. We'll assume it's
483 * a whole-file read and grow the window fast. Or detect first
486 if (sequential && ra->size == 0) {
487 ra->size = get_init_ra_size(newsize, max);
489 if (!blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset,
494 * If the request size is larger than our max readahead, we
495 * at least want to be sure that we get 2 IOs in flight and
496 * we know that we will definitly need the new I/O.
497 * once we do this, subsequent calls should be able to overlap
498 * IOs,* thus preventing stalls. so issue the ahead window
502 make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 1);
508 * Now handle the random case:
509 * partial page reads and first access were handled above,
510 * so this must be the next page otherwise it is random
514 blockable_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset,
520 * If we get here we are doing sequential IO and this was not the first
521 * occurence (ie we have an existing window)
524 if (ra->ahead_start == 0) { /* no ahead window yet */
525 if (!make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0))
529 * Already have an ahead window, check if we crossed into it.
530 * If so, shift windows and issue a new ahead window.
531 * Only return the #pages that are in the current window, so that
532 * we get called back on the first page of the ahead window which
533 * will allow us to submit more IO.
535 if (ra->prev_page >= ra->ahead_start) {
536 ra->start = ra->ahead_start;
537 ra->size = ra->ahead_size;
538 make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0);
542 return ra->prev_page + 1;
546 * handle_ra_miss() is called when it is known that a page which should have
547 * been present in the pagecache (we just did some readahead there) was in fact
548 * not found. This will happen if it was evicted by the VM (readahead
551 * Turn on the cache miss flag in the RA struct, this will cause the RA code
552 * to reduce the RA size on the next read.
554 void handle_ra_miss(struct address_space *mapping,
555 struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t offset)
557 ra->flags |= RA_FLAG_MISS;
558 ra->flags &= ~RA_FLAG_INCACHE;
563 * Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a
564 * sensible upper limit.
566 unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
568 unsigned long active;
569 unsigned long inactive;
572 __get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free, NODE_DATA(numa_node_id()));
573 return min(nr, (inactive + free) / 2);