[PATCH prototype] [4/8] Add readahead function to read-ahead based on a bitmap

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Mar 17 2008 - 21:11:21 EST



Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
include/linux/mm.h | 3 ++
mm/filemap.c | 2 -
mm/readahead.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/mm/readahead.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/mm/readahead.c
+++ linux/mm/readahead.c
@@ -117,6 +117,26 @@ out:
return ret;
}

+static int preallocate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
+ pgoff_t page_offset, struct list_head *page_pool)
+{
+ struct page *page;
+
+ /* silently cries for a gang lookup */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (page)
+ return 0;
+
+ page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
+ if (!page)
+ return 0;
+ page->index = page_offset;
+ list_add(&page->lru, page_pool);
+ return 1;
+}
+
/*
* 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
@@ -140,6 +160,7 @@ __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address
int page_idx;
int ret = 0;
loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+ int n;

if (isize == 0)
goto out;
@@ -216,6 +237,42 @@ int force_page_cache_readahead(struct ad
}

/*
+ * Read-ahead a page for each bit set in the bitmap.
+ */
+void readahead_bitmap(struct file *f, pgoff_t pgoffset, unsigned long *bitmap,
+ unsigned nbits)
+{
+ long bit, n;
+ LIST_HEAD(page_pool);
+ loff_t isize = i_size_read(f->f_dentry->d_inode);
+ unsigned long end_index;
+ struct address_space *mapping = f->f_mapping;
+
+ if (isize == 0)
+ return;
+
+ end_index = ((isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+
+ if (!mapping->a_ops || (!mapping->a_ops->readpages &&
+ !mapping->a_ops->readpage))
+ return;
+
+ bit = -1;
+ n = 0;
+ while ((bit = find_next_bit(bitmap, nbits, bit + 1)) < nbits) {
+ if (pgoffset + bit >= end_index)
+ break;
+ n += preallocate_page(f->f_mapping, pgoffset + bit,&page_pool);
+ if (n >= (MAX_PINNED_CHUNK / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)) {
+ read_pages(f->f_mapping, f, &page_pool, n);
+ n = 0;
+ }
+ }
+ if (n > 0)
+ read_pages(f->f_mapping, f, &page_pool, n);
+}
+
+/*
* 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.
*
Index: linux/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/mm/filemap.c
+++ linux/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ static ssize_t
do_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
pgoff_t index, unsigned long nr)
{
- if (!mapping || !mapping->a_ops || !mapping->a_ops->readpage)
+ if (!mapping || !mapping->a_ops)
return -EINVAL;

force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, index,
Index: linux/include/linux/mm.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/linux/mm.h
+++ linux/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1104,6 +1104,9 @@ void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct ad
pgoff_t offset,
unsigned long size);

+void readahead_bitmap(struct file *f, pgoff_t pgoffset, unsigned long *bitmap,
+ unsigned nbits);
+
void page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
struct file_ra_state *ra,
struct file *filp,
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