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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst | 15 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst index 5057e4d9dcd1..0af2e0e11461 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst @@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ prototypes:: int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *); int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *); int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page); + void (*readahead)(struct readahead_control *); int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages); int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping, @@ -271,7 +272,8 @@ writepage: yes, unlocks (see below) readpage: yes, unlocks writepages: set_page_dirty no -readpages: +readahead: yes, unlocks +readpages: no write_begin: locks the page exclusive write_end: yes, unlocks exclusive bmap: @@ -295,6 +297,8 @@ the request handler (/dev/loop). ->readpage() unlocks the page, either synchronously or via I/O completion. +->readahead() unlocks the pages that I/O is attempted on like ->readpage(). + ->readpages() populates the pagecache with the passed pages and starts I/O against them. They come unlocked upon I/O completion. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst index 7d4d09dd5e6d..ed17771c212b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst @@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ cache in your filesystem. The following members are defined: int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *); int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *); int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page); + void (*readahead)(struct readahead_control *); int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages); int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping, @@ -781,12 +782,26 @@ cache in your filesystem. The following members are defined: If defined, it should set the PageDirty flag, and the PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY tag in the radix tree. +``readahead`` + Called by the VM to read pages associated with the address_space + object. The pages are consecutive in the page cache and are + locked. The implementation should decrement the page refcount + after starting I/O on each page. Usually the page will be + unlocked by the I/O completion handler. If the filesystem decides + to stop attempting I/O before reaching the end of the readahead + window, it can simply return. The caller will decrement the page + refcount and unlock the remaining pages for you. Set PageUptodate + if the I/O completes successfully. Setting PageError on any page + will be ignored; simply unlock the page if an I/O error occurs. + ``readpages`` called by the VM to read pages associated with the address_space object. This is essentially just a vector version of readpage. Instead of just one page, several pages are requested. readpages is only used for read-ahead, so read errors are ignored. If anything goes wrong, feel free to give up. + This interface is deprecated and will be removed by the end of + 2020; implement readahead instead. ``write_begin`` Called by the generic buffered write code to ask the filesystem |