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authorJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>2005-11-09 01:07:12 -0500
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>2005-11-09 01:07:12 -0500
commita892acacd3a8546ac161526522f13b5174f2c471 (patch)
treeee6d36f27f1388989ebfcabf90253fb7194112ac /mm/readahead.c
parent193515d51ccb363165d6b09e9ba5c21089e34bad (diff)
parent330d57fb98a916fa8e1363846540dd420e99499a (diff)
Merge branch 'master'
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/readahead.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/readahead.c31
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index d0b50034e24..72e7adbb87c 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ out:
*/
static int
__do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
- unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
+ pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
{
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
struct page *page;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
*/
read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) {
- unsigned long page_offset = offset + page_idx;
+ pgoff_t page_offset = offset + page_idx;
if (page_offset > end_index)
break;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ out:
* memory at once.
*/
int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
- unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
+ pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
{
int ret = 0;
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static inline int check_ra_success(struct file_ra_state *ra,
* request queues.
*/
int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
- unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
+ pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
{
if (bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info))
return -1;
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
*/
static int
blockable_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
- unsigned long offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
+ pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
struct file_ra_state *ra, int block)
{
int actual;
@@ -430,14 +430,27 @@ static int make_ahead_window(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
return ret;
}
-/*
- * page_cache_readahead is the main function. If performs the adaptive
+/**
+ * page_cache_readahead - generic adaptive readahead
+ * @mapping: address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
+ * @ra: file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
+ * @filp: passed on to ->readpage() and ->readpages()
+ * @offset: start offset into @mapping, in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units
+ * @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
+ * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units
+ *
+ * page_cache_readahead() is the main function. If performs the adaptive
* readahead window size management and submits the readahead I/O.
+ *
+ * Note that @filp is purely used for passing on to the ->readpage[s]()
+ * handler: it may refer to a different file from @mapping (so we may not use
+ * @filp->f_mapping or @filp->f_dentry->d_inode here).
+ * Also, @ra may not be equal to &@filp->f_ra.
+ *
*/
unsigned long
page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
- struct file *filp, unsigned long offset,
- unsigned long req_size)
+ struct file *filp, pgoff_t offset, unsigned long req_size)
{
unsigned long max, newsize;
int sequential;