readahead: combine file_ra_state.prev_index/prev_offset into prev_pos

Combine the file_ra_state members
				unsigned long prev_index
				unsigned int prev_offset
into
				loff_t prev_pos

It is more consistent and better supports huge files.

Thanks to Peter for the nice proposal!

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix shift overflow]
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
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>
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Fengguang Wu
2007-10-16 01:24:33 -07:00
committad av Linus Torvalds
förälder 0bb7ba6b9c
incheckning f4e6b498d6
6 ändrade filer med 19 tillägg och 18 borttagningar

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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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_index = -1;
ra->prev_pos = -1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init);
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra,
* indicator. The flag won't be set on already cached pages, to avoid the
* readahead-for-nothing fuss, saving pointless page cache lookups.
*
* prev_index tracks the last visited page in the _previous_ read request.
* prev_pos tracks the last visited byte in the _previous_ read request.
* It should be maintained by the caller, and will be used for detecting
* small random reads. Note that the readahead algorithm checks loosely
* for sequential patterns. Hence interleaved reads might be served as
@@ -351,11 +351,9 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
bool hit_readahead_marker, pgoff_t offset,
unsigned long req_size)
{
int max; /* max readahead pages */
int sequential;
max = ra->ra_pages;
sequential = (offset - ra->prev_index <= 1UL) || (req_size > max);
int max = ra->ra_pages; /* max readahead pages */
pgoff_t prev_offset;
int sequential;
/*
* It's the expected callback offset, assume sequential access.
@@ -369,6 +367,9 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
goto readit;
}
prev_offset = ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
sequential = offset - prev_offset <= 1UL || req_size > max;
/*
* Standalone, small read.
* Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state.