[PATCH v5 04/18] mm/filemap: Use head pages in generic_file_buffered_read

From: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
Date: Fri Jan 22 2021 - 11:06:39 EST


Add filemap_get_read_batch() which returns the head pages which represent
a contiguous array of bytes in the file. It also stops when encountering
a page marked as Readahead or !Uptodate (but does return that page)
so it can be handled appropriately by filemap_get_pages(). That lets
us remove the loop in filemap_get_pages() and check only the last page.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
mm/filemap.c | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 85 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index ca4141dd63a4b..c5d8b6baf656a 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2191,6 +2191,51 @@ static int lock_page_for_iocb(struct kiocb *iocb, struct page *page)
return lock_page_killable(page);
}

+/*
+ * filemap_get_read_batch - Get a batch of pages for read
+ *
+ * Get a batch of pages which represent a contiguous range of bytes
+ * in the file. No tail pages will be returned. If @index is in the
+ * middle of a THP, the entire THP will be returned. The last page in
+ * the batch may have Readahead set or be not Uptodate so that the
+ * caller can take the appropriate action.
+ */
+static void filemap_get_read_batch(struct address_space *mapping,
+ pgoff_t index, pgoff_t max, struct pagevec *pvec)
+{
+ XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, index);
+ struct page *head;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ for (head = xas_load(&xas); head; head = xas_next(&xas)) {
+ if (xas_retry(&xas, head))
+ continue;
+ if (xas.xa_index > max || xa_is_value(head))
+ break;
+ if (!page_cache_get_speculative(head))
+ goto retry;
+
+ /* Has the page moved or been split? */
+ if (unlikely(head != xas_reload(&xas)))
+ goto put_page;
+
+ if (!pagevec_add(pvec, head))
+ break;
+ if (!PageUptodate(head))
+ break;
+ if (PageReadahead(head))
+ break;
+ xas.xa_index = head->index + thp_nr_pages(head) - 1;
+ xas.xa_offset = (xas.xa_index >> xas.xa_shift) & XA_CHUNK_MASK;
+ continue;
+put_page:
+ put_page(head);
+retry:
+ xas_reset(&xas);
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
static struct page *filemap_read_page(struct kiocb *iocb, struct file *filp,
struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
{
@@ -2344,15 +2389,15 @@ static int filemap_get_pages(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
struct address_space *mapping = filp->f_mapping;
struct file_ra_state *ra = &filp->f_ra;
pgoff_t index = iocb->ki_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- pgoff_t last_index = (iocb->ki_pos + iter->count + PAGE_SIZE-1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- unsigned int nr = min_t(unsigned long, last_index - index, PAGEVEC_SIZE);
- int i, j, err = 0;
+ pgoff_t last_index;
+ int err = 0;

+ last_index = DIV_ROUND_UP(iocb->ki_pos + iter->count, PAGE_SIZE);
find_page:
if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
return -EINTR;

- pvec->nr = find_get_pages_contig(mapping, index, nr, pvec->pages);
+ filemap_get_read_batch(mapping, index, last_index, pvec);
if (pvec->nr)
goto got_pages;

@@ -2361,29 +2406,30 @@ static int filemap_get_pages(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,

page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, index, last_index - index);

- pvec->nr = find_get_pages_contig(mapping, index, nr, pvec->pages);
+ filemap_get_read_batch(mapping, index, last_index, pvec);
if (pvec->nr)
goto got_pages;

pvec->pages[0] = filemap_create_page(iocb, iter);
err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pvec->pages[0]);
- if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pvec->pages[0]))
- pvec->nr = 1;
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pvec->pages[0]))
+ goto err;
+ pvec->nr = 1;
+ return 0;
got_pages:
- for (i = 0; i < pvec->nr; i++) {
- struct page *page = pvec->pages[i];
- pgoff_t pg_index = index + i;
+ {
+ struct page *page = pvec->pages[pvec->nr - 1];
+ pgoff_t pg_index = page->index;
loff_t pg_pos = max(iocb->ki_pos,
(loff_t) pg_index << PAGE_SHIFT);
loff_t pg_count = iocb->ki_pos + iter->count - pg_pos;

if (PageReadahead(page)) {
if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOIO) {
- for (j = i; j < pvec->nr; j++)
- put_page(pvec->pages[j]);
- pvec->nr = i;
+ put_page(page);
+ pvec->nr--;
err = -EAGAIN;
- break;
+ goto err;
}
page_cache_async_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, page,
pg_index, last_index - pg_index);
@@ -2391,26 +2437,23 @@ static int filemap_get_pages(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,

if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
if ((iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) ||
- ((iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WAITQ) && i)) {
- for (j = i; j < pvec->nr; j++)
- put_page(pvec->pages[j]);
- pvec->nr = i;
+ ((iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WAITQ) && pvec->nr > 1)) {
+ put_page(page);
+ pvec->nr--;
err = -EAGAIN;
- break;
+ goto err;
}

page = filemap_update_page(iocb, filp, iter, page,
pg_pos, pg_count);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page)) {
- for (j = i + 1; j < pvec->nr; j++)
- put_page(pvec->pages[j]);
- pvec->nr = i;
+ pvec->nr--;
err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(page);
- break;
}
}
}

+err:
if (likely(pvec->nr))
return 0;
if (err)
@@ -2455,6 +2498,7 @@ ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
return 0;

iov_iter_truncate(iter, inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes);
+ pagevec_init(&pvec);

do {
cond_resched();
@@ -2482,13 +2526,8 @@ ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
isize = i_size_read(inode);
if (unlikely(iocb->ki_pos >= isize))
goto put_pages;
-
end_offset = min_t(loff_t, isize, iocb->ki_pos + iter->count);

- while ((iocb->ki_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT) + pvec.nr >
- (end_offset + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
- put_page(pvec.pages[--pvec.nr]);
-
/*
* Once we start copying data, we don't want to be touching any
* cachelines that might be contended:
@@ -2502,24 +2541,32 @@ ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
if (iocb->ki_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT !=
ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT)
mark_page_accessed(pvec.pages[0]);
- for (i = 1; i < pagevec_count(&pvec); i++)
- mark_page_accessed(pvec.pages[i]);

for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(&pvec); i++) {
- unsigned int offset = iocb->ki_pos & ~PAGE_MASK;
- unsigned int bytes = min_t(loff_t, end_offset - iocb->ki_pos,
- PAGE_SIZE - offset);
- unsigned int copied;
+ struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
+ size_t page_size = thp_size(page);
+ size_t offset = iocb->ki_pos & (page_size - 1);
+ size_t bytes = min_t(loff_t, end_offset - iocb->ki_pos,
+ page_size - offset);
+ size_t copied;

+ if (end_offset < page_offset(page))
+ break;
+ if (i > 0)
+ mark_page_accessed(page);
/*
* If users can be writing to this page using arbitrary
* virtual addresses, take care about potential aliasing
* before reading the page on the kernel side.
*/
- if (writably_mapped)
- flush_dcache_page(pvec.pages[i]);
+ if (writably_mapped) {
+ int j;
+
+ for (j = 0; j < thp_nr_pages(page); j++)
+ flush_dcache_page(page + j);
+ }

- copied = copy_page_to_iter(pvec.pages[i], offset, bytes, iter);
+ copied = copy_page_to_iter(page, offset, bytes, iter);

written += copied;
iocb->ki_pos += copied;
@@ -2533,6 +2580,7 @@ ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
put_pages:
for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(&pvec); i++)
put_page(pvec.pages[i]);
+ pagevec_reinit(&pvec);
} while (iov_iter_count(iter) && iocb->ki_pos < isize && !error);

file_accessed(filp);
--
2.29.2