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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] xfs: add lockless xfs_buf_readahead_map fast path
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:51:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260715145147.95654-13-hch@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260715145147.95654-1-hch@lst.de>

Readahead currently always locks the buffer, which can cause contention
with actual users of the buffer.  Add a fast path without taking any
locks if the buffer is uptodate and not stale.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index f5701f74061f..2e498e9e05e9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -756,13 +756,23 @@ xfs_buf_readahead_map(
 
 	if (xfs_find_get_buf(target, map, nmaps, flags, &bp))
 		return;
-	if (xfs_buf_find_lock(bp, XBF_TRYLOCK))
+
+	/*
+	 * Do a lockless fast path check for a valid uptodate buffer and avoid
+	 * locking entirely in this case.
+	 */
+	if ((READ_ONCE(bp->b_flags) & (XBF_DONE | XBF_STALE)) == XBF_DONE)
 		goto out_rele;
 
-	trace_xfs_buf_readahead(bp, 0, _RET_IP_);
-	if (bp->b_flags & XBF_DONE)
+	/* Otherwise lock the buffer to stabilize the state */
+	if (!xfs_buf_trylock(bp))
+		goto out_rele;
+
+	/* Let the actual reader deal with stale buffers. */
+	if (bp->b_flags & (XBF_STALE | XBF_DONE))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	trace_xfs_buf_readahead(bp, 0, _RET_IP_);
 	XFS_STATS_INC(target->bt_mount, xb_get_read);
 	bp->b_ops = ops;
 	xfs_buf_clear_flags(bp, XBF_WRITE | XBF_DONE);
-- 
2.53.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-15 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-15 14:50 misc buffer cache improvements Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:50 ` [PATCH 01/12] xfs: don't get a pag reference in xfs_buf_get_map Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:50 ` [PATCH 02/12] xfs: consolidate buffer locking " Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:50 ` [PATCH 03/12] xfs: split out a lower-level xfs_buf_get_map helper from xfs_find_get_buf Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:50 ` [PATCH 04/12] xfs: remove spurious XBF_DONE clearing on readahead validation failure Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:50 ` [PATCH 05/12] xfs: remove _XBF_LOGRECOVERY Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:50 ` [PATCH 06/12] xfs: hide b_flags manipulation from code outside of xfs_buf.c Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:51 ` [PATCH 07/12] xfs: use WRITE_ONCE to update b_flags Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:51 ` [PATCH 08/12] xfs: don't reverify buffers in xfs_buf_readahead_map Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:51 ` [PATCH 09/12] xfs: use goto based error unwinding in xfs_buf_read_map Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:51 ` [PATCH 10/12] xfs: merge xfs_buf_reverify into xfs_buf_read_map Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:51 ` [PATCH 11/12] xfs: move buffer locking out of xfs_find_get_buf Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-15 14:51 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]

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