// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only /* * mm/readahead.c - address_space-level file readahead. * * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds * * 09Apr2002 Andrew Morton * Initial version. */ /** * DOC: Readahead Overview * * Readahead is used to read content into the page cache before it is * explicitly requested by the application. Readahead only ever * attempts to read folios that are not yet in the page cache. If a * folio is present but not up-to-date, readahead will not try to read * it. In that case a simple ->read_folio() will be requested. * * Readahead is triggered when an application read request (whether a * system call or a page fault) finds that the requested folio is not in * the page cache, or that it is in the page cache and has the * readahead flag set. This flag indicates that the folio was read * as part of a previous readahead request and now that it has been * accessed, it is time for the next readahead. * * Each readahead request is partly synchronous read, and partly async * readahead. This is reflected in the struct file_ra_state which * contains ->size being the total number of pages, and ->async_size * which is the number of pages in the async section. The readahead * flag will be set on the first folio in this async section to trigger * a subsequent readahead. Once a series of sequential reads has been * established, there should be no need for a synchronous component and * all readahead request will be fully asynchronous. * * When either of the triggers causes a readahead, three numbers need * to be determined: the start of the region to read, the size of the * region, and the size of the async tail. * * The start of the region is simply the first page address at or after * the accessed address, which is not currently populated in the page * cache. This is found with a simple search in the page cache. * * The size of the async tail is determined by subtracting the size that * was explicitly requested from the determined request size, unless * this would be less than zero - then zero is used. NOTE THIS * CALCULATION IS WRONG WHEN THE START OF THE REGION IS NOT THE ACCESSED * PAGE. ALSO THIS CALCULATION IS NOT USED CONSISTENTLY. * * The size of the region is normally determined from the size of the * previous readahead which loaded the preceding pages. This may be * discovered from the struct file_ra_state for simple sequential reads, * or from examining the state of the page cache when multiple * sequential reads are interleaved. Specifically: where the readahead * was triggered by the readahead flag, the size of the previous * readahead is assumed to be the number of pages from the triggering * page to the start of the new readahead. In these cases, the size of * the previous readahead is scaled, often doubled, for the new * readahead, though see get_next_ra_size() for details. * * If the size of the previous read cannot be determined, the number of * preceding pages in the page cache is used to estimate the size of * a previous read. This estimate could easily be misled by random * reads being coincidentally adjacent, so it is ignored unless it is * larger than the current request, and it is not scaled up, unless it * is at the start of file. * * In general readahead is accelerated at the start of the file, as * reads from there are often sequential. There are other minor * adjustments to the readahead size in various special cases and these * are best discovered by reading the code. * * The above calculation, based on the previous readahead size, * determines the size of the readahead, to which any requested read * size may be added. * * Readahead requests are sent to the filesystem using the ->readahead() * address space operation, for which mpage_readahead() is a canonical * implementation. ->readahead() should normally initiate reads on all * folios, but may fail to read any or all folios without causing an I/O * error. The page cache reading code will issue a ->read_folio() request * for any folio which ->readahead() did not read, and only an error * from this will be final. * * ->readahead() will generally call readahead_folio() repeatedly to get * each folio from those prepared for readahead. It may fail to read a * folio by: * * * not calling readahead_folio() sufficiently many times, effectively * ignoring some folios, as might be appropriate if the path to * storage is congested. * * * failing to actually submit a read request for a given folio, * possibly due to insufficient resources, or * * * getting an error during subsequent processing of a request. * * In the last two cases, the folio should be unlocked by the filesystem * to indicate that the read attempt has failed. In the first case the * folio will be unlocked by the VFS. * * Those folios not in the final ``async_size`` of the request should be * considered to be important and ->readahead() should not fail them due * to congestion or temporary resource unavailability, but should wait * for necessary resources (e.g. memory or indexing information) to * become available. Folios in the final ``async_size`` may be * considered less urgent and failure to read them is more acceptable. * In this case it is best to use filemap_remove_folio() to remove the * folios from the page cache as is automatically done for folios that * were not fetched with readahead_folio(). This will allow a * subsequent synchronous readahead request to try them again. If they * are left in the page cache, then they will be read individually using * ->read_folio() which may be less efficient. */ #include <linux/blkdev.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/dax.h> #include <linux/gfp.h> #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/backing-dev.h> #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h> #include <linux/pagemap.h> #include <linux/psi.h> #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/file.h> #include <linux/mm_inline.h> #include <linux/blk-cgroup.h> #include <linux/fadvise.h> #include <linux/sched/mm.h> #include "internal.h" /* * Initialise a struct file's readahead state. Assumes that the caller has * memset *ra to zero. */ void file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping) { ra->ra_pages = inode_to_bdi(mapping->host)->ra_pages; ra->prev_pos = -1; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init); static void read_pages(struct readahead_control *rac) { const struct address_space_operations *aops = rac->mapping->a_ops; struct folio *folio; struct blk_plug plug; if (!readahead_count(rac)) return; if (unlikely(rac->_workingset)) psi_memstall_enter(&rac->_pflags); blk_start_plug(&plug); if (aops->readahead) { aops->readahead(rac); /* * Clean up the remaining folios. The sizes in ->ra * may be used to size the next readahead, so make sure * they accurately reflect what happened. */ while ((folio = readahead_folio(rac)) != NULL) { unsigned long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio); folio_get(folio); rac->ra->size -= nr; if (rac->ra->async_size >= nr) { rac->ra->async_size -= nr; filemap_remove_folio(folio); } folio_unlock(folio); folio_put(folio); } } else { while ((folio = readahead_folio(rac)) != NULL) aops->read_folio(rac->file, folio); } blk_finish_plug(&plug); if (unlikely(rac->_workingset)) psi_memstall_leave(&rac->_pflags); rac->_workingset = false; BUG_ON(readahead_count(rac)); } /** * page_cache_ra_unbounded - Start unchecked readahead. * @ractl: Readahead control. * @nr_to_read: The number of pages to read. * @lookahead_size: Where to start the next readahead. * * This function is for filesystems to call when they want to start * readahead beyond a file's stated i_size. This is almost certainly * not the function you want to call. Use page_cache_async_readahead() * or page_cache_sync_readahead() instead. * * Context: File is referenced by caller. Mutexes may be held by caller. * May sleep, but will not reenter filesystem to reclaim memory. */ void page_cache_ra_unbounded(struct readahead_control *ractl, unsigned long nr_to_read, unsigned long lookahead_size) { struct address_space *mapping = ractl->mapping; unsigned long index = readahead_index(ractl); gfp_t gfp_mask = readahead_gfp_mask(mapping); unsigned long i; /* * Partway through the readahead operation, we will have added * locked pages to the page cache, but will not yet have submitted * them for I/O. Adding another page may need to allocate memory, * which can trigger memory reclaim. Telling the VM we're in * the middle of a filesystem operation will cause it to not * touch file-backed pages, preventing a deadlock. Most (all?) * filesystems already specify __GFP_NOFS in their mapping's * gfp_mask, but let's be explicit here. */ unsigned int nofs = memalloc_nofs_save(); filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(mapping); /* * Preallocate as many pages as we will need. */ for (i = 0; i < nr_to_read; i++) { struct folio *folio = xa_load(&mapping->i_pages, index + i); if (folio && !xa_is_value(folio)) { /* * Page already present? Kick off the current batch * of contiguous pages before continuing with the * next batch. This page may be the one we would * have intended to mark as Readahead, but we don't * have a stable reference to this page, and it's * not worth getting one just for that. */ read_pages(ractl); ractl->_index++; i = ractl->_index + ractl->_nr_pages - index - 1; continue; } folio = filemap_alloc_folio(gfp_mask, 0); if (!folio) break; if (filemap_add_folio(mapping, folio, index + i, gfp_mask) < 0) { folio_put(folio); read_pages(ractl); ractl->_index++; i = ractl->_index + ractl->_nr_pages - index - 1; continue; } if (i == nr_to_read - lookahead_size) folio_set_readahead(folio); ractl->_workingset |= folio_test_workingset(folio); ractl->_nr_pages++; } /* * Now start the IO. We ignore I/O errors - if the folio is not * uptodate then the caller will launch read_folio again, and * will then handle the error. */ read_pages(ractl); filemap_invalidate_unlock_shared(mapping); memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_ra_unbounded); /* * do_page_cache_ra() actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates * the pages first, then submits them for I/O. This avoids the very bad * behaviour which would occur if page allocations are causing VM writeback. * We really don't want to intermingle reads and writes like that. */ static void do_page_cache_ra(struct readahead_control *ractl, unsigned long nr_to_read, unsigned long lookahead_size) { struct inode *inode = ractl->mapping->host; unsigned long index = readahead_index(ractl); loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode); pgoff_t end_index; /* The last page we want to read */ if (isize == 0) return; end_index = (isize - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT; if (index > end_index) return; /* Don't read past the page containing the last byte of the file */ if (nr_to_read > end_index - index) nr_to_read = end_index - index + 1; page_cache_ra_unbounded(ractl, nr_to_read, lookahead_size); } /* * Chunk the readahead into 2 megabyte units, so that we don't pin too much * memory at once. */ void force_page_cache_ra(struct readahead_control *ractl, unsigned long nr_to_read) { struct address_space *mapping = ractl->mapping; struct file_ra_state *ra = ractl->ra; struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(mapping->host); unsigned long max_pages, index; if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->read_folio && !mapping->a_ops->readahead)) return; /* * If the request exceeds the readahead window, allow the read to * be up to the optimal hardware IO size */ index = readahead_index(ractl); max_pages = max_t(unsigned long, bdi->io_pages, ra->ra_pages); nr_to_read = min_t(unsigned long, nr_to_read, max_pages); while (nr_to_read) { unsigned long this_chunk = (2 * 1024 * 1024) / PAGE_SIZE; if (this_chunk > nr_to_read) this_chunk = nr_to_read; ractl->_index = index; do_page_cache_ra(ractl, this_chunk, 0); index += this_chunk; nr_to_read -= this_chunk; } } /* * 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 * 1-2 page = 16k, 3-4 page 32k, 5-8 page = 64k, > 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_size(struct file_ra_state *ra, unsigned long max) { unsigned long cur = ra->size; if (cur < max / 16) return 4 * cur; if (cur <= max / 2) return 2 * cur; return max; } /* * On-demand readahead design. * * The fields in struct file_ra_state represent the most-recently-executed * readahead attempt: * * |<----- async_size ---------| * |------------------- size -------------------->| * |==================#===========================| * ^start ^page marked with PG_readahead * * To overlap application thinking time and disk I/O time, we do * `readahead pipelining': Do not wait until the application consumed all * readahead pages and stalled on the missing page at readahead_index; * Instead, submit an asynchronous readahead I/O as soon as there are * only async_size pages left in the readahead window. Normally async_size * will be equal to size, for maximum pipelining. * * In interleaved sequential reads, concurrent streams on the same fd can * be invalidating each other's readahead state. So we flag the new readahead * page at (start+size-async_size) with PG_readahead, and use it as readahead * indicator. The flag won't be set on already cached pages, to avoid the * readahead-for-nothing fuss, saving pointless page cache lookups. * * 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 * sequential ones. * * 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. * * The code ramps up the readahead size aggressively at first, but slow down as * it approaches max_readhead. */ /* * Count contiguously cached pages from @index-1 to @index-@max, * this count is a conservative estimation of * - length of the sequential read sequence, or * - thrashing threshold in memory tight systems */ static pgoff_t count_history_pages(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index, unsigned long max) { pgoff_t head; rcu_read_lock(); head = page_cache_prev_miss(mapping, index - 1, max); rcu_read_unlock(); return index - 1 - head; } /* * page cache context based readahead */ static int try_context_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t index, unsigned long req_size, unsigned long max) { pgoff_t size; size = count_history_pages(mapping, index, max); /* * not enough history pages: * it could be a random read */ if (size <= req_size) return 0; /* * starts from beginning of file: * it is a strong indication of long-run stream (or whole-file-read) */ if (size >= index) size *= 2; ra->start = index; ra->size = min(size + req_size, max); ra->async_size = 1; return 1; } static inline int ra_alloc_folio(struct readahead_control *ractl, pgoff_t index, pgoff_t mark, unsigned int order, gfp_t gfp) { int err; struct folio *folio = filemap_alloc_folio(gfp, order); if (!folio) return -ENOMEM; mark = round_up(mark, 1UL << order); if (index == mark) folio_set_readahead(folio); err = filemap_add_folio(ractl->mapping, folio, index, gfp); if (err) { folio_put(folio); return err; } ractl->_nr_pages += 1UL << order; ractl->_workingset |= folio_test_workingset(folio); return 0; } void page_cache_ra_order(struct readahead_control *ractl, struct file_ra_state *ra, unsigned int new_order) { struct address_space *mapping = ractl->mapping; pgoff_t index = readahead_index(ractl); pgoff_t limit = (i_size_read(mapping->host) - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT; pgoff_t mark = index + ra->size - ra->async_size; int err = 0; gfp_t gfp = readahead_gfp_mask(mapping); if (!mapping_large_folio_support(mapping) || ra->size < 4) goto fallback; limit = min(limit, index + ra->size - 1); if (new_order < MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER) { new_order += 2; if (new_order > MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER) new_order = MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER; while ((1 << new_order) > ra->size) new_order--; } filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(mapping); while (index <= limit) { unsigned int order = new_order; /* Align with smaller pages if needed */ if (index & ((1UL << order) - 1)) { order = __ffs(index); if (order == 1) order = 0; } /* Don't allocate pages past EOF */ while (index + (1UL << order) - 1 > limit) { if (--order == 1) order = 0; } err = ra_alloc_folio(ractl, index, mark, order, gfp); if (err) break; index += 1UL << order; } if (index > limit) { ra->size += index - limit - 1; ra->async_size += index - limit - 1; } read_pages(ractl); filemap_invalidate_unlock_shared(mapping); /* * If there were already pages in the page cache, then we may have * left some gaps. Let the regular readahead code take care of this * situation. */ if (!err) return; fallback: do_page_cache_ra(ractl, ra->size, ra->async_size); } /* * A minimal readahead algorithm for trivial sequential/random reads. */ static void ondemand_readahead(struct readahead_control *ractl, struct folio *folio, unsigned long req_size) { struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(ractl->mapping->host); struct file_ra_state *ra = ractl->ra; unsigned long max_pages = ra->ra_pages; unsigned long add_pages; pgoff_t index = readahead_index(ractl); pgoff_t expected, prev_index; unsigned int order = folio ? folio_order(folio) : 0; /* * If the request exceeds the readahead window, allow the read to * be up to the optimal hardware IO size */ if (req_size > max_pages && bdi->io_pages > max_pages) max_pages = min(req_size, bdi->io_pages); /* * start of file */ if (!index) goto initial_readahead; /* * It's the expected callback index, assume sequential access. * Ramp up sizes, and push forward the readahead window. */ expected = round_up(ra->start + ra->size - ra->async_size, 1UL << order); if (index == expected || index == (ra->start + ra->size)) { ra->start += ra->size; ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max_pages); ra->async_size = ra->size; goto readit; } /* * Hit a marked folio without valid readahead state. * E.g. interleaved reads. * Query the pagecache for async_size, which normally equals to * readahead size. Ramp it up and use it as the new readahead size. */ if (folio) { pgoff_t start; rcu_read_lock(); start = page_cache_next_miss(ractl->mapping, index + 1, max_pages); rcu_read_unlock(); if (!start || start - index > max_pages) return; ra->start = start; ra->size = start - index; /* old async_size */ ra->size += req_size; ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max_pages); ra->async_size = ra->size; goto readit; } /* * oversize read */ if (req_size > max_pages) goto initial_readahead; /* * sequential cache miss * trivial case: (index - prev_index) == 1 * unaligned reads: (index - prev_index) == 0 */ prev_index = (unsigned long long)ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT; if (index - prev_index <= 1UL) goto initial_readahead; /* * Query the page cache and look for the traces(cached history pages) * that a sequential stream would leave behind. */ if (try_context_readahead(ractl->mapping, ra, index, req_size, max_pages)) goto readit; /* * standalone, small random read * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state. */ do_page_cache_ra(ractl, req_size, 0); return; initial_readahead: ra->start = index; ra->size = get_init_ra_size(req_size, max_pages); ra->async_size = ra->size > req_size ? ra->size - req_size : ra->size; readit: /* * Will this read hit the readahead marker made by itself? * If so, trigger the readahead marker hit now, and merge * the resulted next readahead window into the current one. * Take care of maximum IO pages as above. */ if (index == ra->start && ra->size == ra->async_size) { add_pages = get_next_ra_size(ra, max_pages); if (ra->size + add_pages <= max_pages) { ra->async_size = add_pages; ra->size += add_pages; } else { ra->size = max_pages; ra->async_size = max_pages >> 1; } } ractl->_index = ra->start; page_cache_ra_order(ractl, ra, order); } void page_cache_sync_ra(struct readahead_control *ractl, unsigned long req_count) { bool do_forced_ra = ractl->file && (ractl->file->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM); /* * Even if readahead is disabled, issue this request as readahead * as we'll need it to satisfy the requested range. The forced * readahead will do the right thing and limit the read to just the * requested range, which we'll set to 1 page for this case. */ if (!ractl->ra->ra_pages || blk_cgroup_congested()) { if (!ractl->file) return; req_count = 1; do_forced_ra = true; } /* be dumb */ if (do_forced_ra) { force_page_cache_ra(ractl, req_count); return; } ondemand_readahead(ractl, NULL, req_count); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_sync_ra); void page_cache_async_ra(struct readahead_control *ractl, struct folio *folio, unsigned long req_count) { /* no readahead */ if (!ractl->ra->ra_pages) return; /* * Same bit is used for PG_readahead and PG_reclaim. */ if (folio_test_writeback(folio)) return; folio_clear_readahead(folio); if (blk_cgroup_congested()) return; ondemand_readahead(ractl, folio, req_count); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_async_ra); ssize_t ksys_readahead(int fd, loff_t offset, size_t count) { ssize_t ret; struct fd f; ret = -EBADF; f = fdget(fd); if (!f.file || !(f.file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)) goto out; /* * The readahead() syscall is intended to run only on files * that can execute readahead. If readahead is not possible * on this file, then we must return -EINVAL. */ ret = -EINVAL; if (!f.file->f_mapping || !f.file->f_mapping->a_ops || !S_ISREG(file_inode(f.file)->i_mode)) goto out; ret = vfs_fadvise(f.file, offset, count, POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED); out: fdput(f); return ret; } SYSCALL_DEFINE3(readahead, int, fd, loff_t, offset, size_t, count) { return ksys_readahead(fd, offset, count); } #if defined(CONFIG_COMPAT) && defined(__ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_READAHEAD) COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readahead, int, fd, compat_arg_u64_dual(offset), size_t, count) { return ksys_readahead(fd, compat_arg_u64_glue(offset), count); } #endif /** * readahead_expand - Expand a readahead request * @ractl: The request to be expanded * @new_start: The revised start * @new_len: The revised size of the request * * Attempt to expand a readahead request outwards from the current size to the * specified size by inserting locked pages before and after the current window * to increase the size to the new window. This may involve the insertion of * THPs, in which case the window may get expanded even beyond what was * requested. * * The algorithm will stop if it encounters a conflicting page already in the * pagecache and leave a smaller expansion than requested. * * The caller must check for this by examining the revised @ractl object for a * different expansion than was requested. */ void readahead_expand(struct readahead_control *ractl, loff_t new_start, size_t new_len) { struct address_space *mapping = ractl->mapping; struct file_ra_state *ra = ractl->ra; pgoff_t new_index, new_nr_pages; gfp_t gfp_mask = readahead_gfp_mask(mapping); new_index = new_start / PAGE_SIZE; /* Expand the leading edge downwards */ while (ractl->_index > new_index) { unsigned long index = ractl->_index - 1; struct folio *folio = xa_load(&mapping->i_pages, index); if (folio && !xa_is_value(folio)) return; /* Folio apparently present */ folio = filemap_alloc_folio(gfp_mask, 0); if (!folio) return; if (filemap_add_folio(mapping, folio, index, gfp_mask) < 0) { folio_put(folio); return; } if (unlikely(folio_test_workingset(folio)) && !ractl->_workingset) { ractl->_workingset = true; psi_memstall_enter(&ractl->_pflags); } ractl->_nr_pages++; ractl->_index = folio->index; } new_len += new_start - readahead_pos(ractl); new_nr_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(new_len, PAGE_SIZE); /* Expand the trailing edge upwards */ while (ractl->_nr_pages < new_nr_pages) { unsigned long index = ractl->_index + ractl->_nr_pages; struct folio *folio = xa_load(&mapping->i_pages, index); if (folio && !xa_is_value(folio)) return; /* Folio apparently present */ folio = filemap_alloc_folio(gfp_mask, 0); if (!folio) return; if (filemap_add_folio(mapping, folio, index, gfp_mask) < 0) { folio_put(folio); return; } if (unlikely(folio_test_workingset(folio)) && !ractl->_workingset) { ractl->_workingset = true; psi_memstall_enter(&ractl->_pflags); } ractl->_nr_pages++; if (ra) { ra->size++; ra->async_size++; } } } EXPORT_SYMBOL