Re: [PATCH 2/2] squashfs: implement readahead

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Mon May 16 2022 - 08:36:47 EST


On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 07:04:08PM +0800, Hsin-Yi Wang wrote:
> > + loff_t req_end = readahead_pos(ractl) + readahead_length(ractl);
> > + loff_t start = readahead_pos(ractl) &~ mask;
> > + size_t len = readahead_length(ractl) + readahead_pos(ractl) - start;
> > + struct squashfs_page_actor *actor;
> > + unsigned int nr_pages = 0;
> > + struct page **pages;
> > + u64 block = 0;
> > + int bsize, res, i, index;
> > + int file_end = i_size_read(inode) >> msblk->block_log;
> > + unsigned int max_pages = 1UL << shift;
> > +
> > + readahead_expand(ractl, start, (len | mask) + 1);
> > +
> > + if (readahead_pos(ractl) + readahead_length(ractl) < req_end ||
> > + file_end == 0)
> > + return;

What's the first half of this condition supposed to be checking for?
It seems to be checking whether readahead_expand() shrunk the range
covered by the ractl, but readahead_expand() never does that, so I'm
confused why you're checking for it.