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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/fadvise.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/readahead.c | 6 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 45689621a851..be87edcaba06 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ struct inodes_stat_t { */ #define FMODE_NOCMTIME ((__force fmode_t)2048) +/* Expect random access pattern */ +#define FMODE_RANDOM ((__force fmode_t)4096) + /* * The below are the various read and write types that we support. Some of * them include behavioral modifiers that send information down to the diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c index e43359214f6f..8d723c9e8b75 100644 --- a/mm/fadvise.c +++ b/mm/fadvise.c @@ -77,12 +77,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE(fadvise64_64)(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice) switch (advice) { case POSIX_FADV_NORMAL: file->f_ra.ra_pages = bdi->ra_pages; + spin_lock(&file->f_lock); + file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_RANDOM; + spin_unlock(&file->f_lock); break; case POSIX_FADV_RANDOM: - file->f_ra.ra_pages = 0; + spin_lock(&file->f_lock); + file->f_mode |= FMODE_RANDOM; + spin_unlock(&file->f_lock); break; case POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL: file->f_ra.ra_pages = bdi->ra_pages * 2; + spin_lock(&file->f_lock); + file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_RANDOM; + spin_unlock(&file->f_lock); break; case POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED: if (!mapping->a_ops->readpage) { diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c index 033bc135a41f..337b20e946f6 100644 --- a/mm/readahead.c +++ b/mm/readahead.c @@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, if (!ra->ra_pages) return; + /* be dumb */ + if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM) { + force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size); + return; + } + /* do read-ahead */ ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, false, offset, req_size); } |