From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, cluster-devel@redhat.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 08/19] mm: Add readahead address space operation
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:52:41 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200219165241.GR24185@bombadil.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200219031044.GA1075@sol.localdomain>
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 07:10:44PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > +``readahead``
> > + Called by the VM to read pages associated with the address_space
> > + object. The pages are consecutive in the page cache and are
> > + locked. The implementation should decrement the page refcount
> > + after starting I/O on each page. Usually the page will be
> > + unlocked by the I/O completion handler. If the function does
> > + not attempt I/O on some pages, the caller will decrement the page
> > + refcount and unlock the pages for you. Set PageUptodate if the
> > + I/O completes successfully. Setting PageError on any page will
> > + be ignored; simply unlock the page if an I/O error occurs.
> > +
>
> This is unclear about how "not attempting I/O" works and how that affects who is
> responsible for putting and unlocking the pages. How does the caller know which
> pages were not attempted? Can any arbitrary subset of pages be not attempted,
> or just the last N pages?
Changed to:
``readahead``
Called by the VM to read pages associated with the address_space
object. The pages are consecutive in the page cache and are
locked. The implementation should decrement the page refcount
after starting I/O on each page. Usually the page will be
unlocked by the I/O completion handler. If the filesystem decides
to stop attempting I/O before reaching the end of the readahead
window, it can simply return. The caller will decrement the page
refcount and unlock the remaining pages for you. Set PageUptodate
if the I/O completes successfully. Setting PageError on any page
will be ignored; simply unlock the page if an I/O error occurs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-19 16:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 111+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-17 18:45 [PATCH v6 00/19] Change readahead API Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 01/19] mm: Return void from various readahead functions Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 4:47 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 21:05 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-18 21:21 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 21:52 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 02/19] mm: Ignore return value of ->readpages Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 4:48 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 21:33 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 03/19] mm: Use readahead_control to pass arguments Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 5:03 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 13:56 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 22:46 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 22:52 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 22:22 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 04/19] mm: Rearrange readahead loop Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 5:08 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 13:57 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 22:48 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 22:33 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 04/16] mm: Tweak readahead loop slightly Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 22:57 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-18 23:00 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 05/16] mm: Put readahead pages in cache earlier Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 05/19] mm: Remove 'page_offset' from readahead loop Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 5:14 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 23:08 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 06/16] mm: Add readahead address space operation Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 06/19] mm: rename readahead loop variable to 'i' Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 5:33 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 23:11 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 07/16] mm: Add page_cache_readahead_limit Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 07/19] mm: Put readahead pages in cache earlier Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 6:14 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:42 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 0:59 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 0:01 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-19 1:02 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 1:13 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-19 3:24 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-19 14:41 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 14:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-19 15:01 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 20:24 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 08/16] fs: Convert mpage_readpages to mpage_readahead Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 08/19] mm: Add readahead address space operation Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 6:21 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 16:10 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 1:04 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 0:12 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-19 3:10 ` Eric Biggers
2020-02-19 3:35 ` Eric Biggers
2020-02-19 16:52 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 09/16] btrfs: Convert from readpages to readahead Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 09/19] mm: Add page_cache_readahead_limit Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 6:31 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 19:54 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 1:08 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 1:32 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-19 2:23 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 2:46 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 10/16] erofs: Convert uncompressed files from readpages to readahead Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 10/19] fs: Convert mpage_readpages to mpage_readahead Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 1:51 ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joseph Qi
2020-02-18 6:37 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 2:48 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-19 3:28 ` Eric Biggers
2020-02-19 3:47 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:55 ` Eric Biggers
2020-02-17 18:45 ` [PATCH v6 11/19] btrfs: Convert from readpages to readahead Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 6:57 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 21:12 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 1:23 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 11/16] erofs: Convert compressed files " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 2:34 ` Gao Xiang
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 12/19] erofs: Convert uncompressed " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 2:39 ` Gao Xiang
2020-02-19 3:04 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 12/16] ext4: Convert " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 13/19] erofs: Convert compressed files " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:08 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 13/16] f2fs: Convert " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 14/19] ext4: " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:16 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 3:29 ` Eric Biggers
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 14/16] fuse: " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 15/19] f2fs: " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 15/16] iomap: " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 16/19] fuse: " Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:22 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 16/16] mm: Use memalloc_nofs_save in readahead path Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 17/19] iomap: Restructure iomap_readpages_actor Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:17 ` John Hubbard
2020-02-19 5:35 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:29 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 6:04 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 6:40 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 17:06 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 18/19] iomap: Convert from readpages to readahead Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:40 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 18:46 ` [PATCH v6 19/19] mm: Use memalloc_nofs_save in readahead path Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:43 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 5:22 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-17 18:48 ` [PATCH v6 00/19] Change readahead API Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 4:56 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 13:42 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-18 21:26 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 3:45 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 3:48 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-19 3:57 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 20:49 ` John Hubbard
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