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From: Wu Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Wu Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
Subject: [PATCH 07/32] readahead: insert cond_resched() calls
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 23:48:56 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <348745088.27363@ustc.edu.cn> (raw)
Message-ID: <20060527155129.001886224@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20060527154849.927021763@localhost.localdomain

[-- Attachment #1: readahead-insert-cond_resched-calls.patch --]
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Since the VM_MAX_READAHEAD is greatly enlarged and the algorithm more
complex, it becomes necessary to insert some cond_resched() calls in
the read-ahead path.

If desktop users still feel audio jitters with the new read-ahead code,
please try one of the following ways to get rid of it:

1) compile kernel with CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY/CONFIG_PREEMPT
2) reduce the read-ahead request size by running
	blockdev --setra 256 /dev/hda # or whatever device you are using

Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
---


This patch is recommended by Con Kolivas to improve respond time for desktop.
Thanks!

 fs/mpage.c     |    4 +++-
 mm/readahead.c |    9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.17-rc4-mm3.orig/mm/readahead.c
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc4-mm3/mm/readahead.c
@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ int read_cache_pages(struct address_spac
 			continue;
 		}
 		ret = filler(data, page);
-		if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
+		if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page)) {
+			cond_resched();
 			__pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
+		}
 		if (ret) {
 			while (!list_empty(pages)) {
 				struct page *victim;
@@ -186,8 +188,10 @@ static int read_pages(struct address_spa
 		if (!add_to_page_cache(page, mapping,
 					page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
 			mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page);
-			if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
+			if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page)) {
+				cond_resched();
 				__pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
+			}
 		} else
 			page_cache_release(page);
 	}
@@ -299,6 +303,7 @@ __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address
 			continue;
 
 		read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		cond_resched();
 		page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
 		read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		if (!page)
--- linux-2.6.17-rc4-mm3.orig/fs/mpage.c
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc4-mm3/fs/mpage.c
@@ -407,8 +407,10 @@ mpage_readpages(struct address_space *ma
 					&last_block_in_bio, &map_bh,
 					&first_logical_block,
 					get_block);
-			if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
+			if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page)) {
+				cond_resched();
 				__pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
+			}
 		} else {
 			page_cache_release(page);
 		}

--

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-05-27 16:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20060527154849.927021763@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:48 ` [PATCH 00/32] Adaptive readahead V14 Wu Fengguang
2006-05-27 17:29   ` Michael Tokarev
     [not found]     ` <20060528120815.GB6478@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-28 12:08       ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-28 19:23         ` Michael Tokarev
     [not found]           ` <20060529030152.GA5994@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-29  3:01             ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-30  9:23             ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]               ` <20060530113221.GA8665@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-30 11:32                 ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-30 12:29                 ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]                   ` <20060530143417.GA9126@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-30 14:34                     ` Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155125.911021581@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:48   ` [PATCH 01/32] readahead: kconfig options Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155127.522802387@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:48   ` [PATCH 04/32] mm: introduce PG_readahead Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155128.472551240@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:48   ` [PATCH 06/32] readahead: delay page release in do_generic_mapping_read() Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155129.001886224@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:48   ` Wu Fengguang [this message]
     [not found] ` <20060527155129.653903854@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:48   ` [PATCH 08/32] readahead: {MIN,MAX}_RA_PAGES Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155130.013773601@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:48   ` [PATCH 09/32] readahead: events accounting Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155130.538411854@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:48   ` [PATCH 10/32] readahead: rescue_pages() Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155131.200177171@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 11/32] readahead: sysctl parameters Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155132.649338979@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 14/32] readahead: state based method - routines Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155133.216888332@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 15/32] readahead: state based method Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155134.715578802@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 18/32] readahead: initial method - thrashing guard size Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155135.584918734@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 20/32] readahead: initial method - user recommended size Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155136.503037461@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 22/32] readahead: backward prefetching method Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155137.552915509@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 24/32] readahead: thrashing recovery method Wu Fengguang
2006-05-27 22:04     ` [PATCH 23/32] readahead: seeking reads method Ingo Oeser
     [not found] ` <20060527155138.046726658@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 25/32] readahead: call scheme Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155138.454809673@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 26/32] readahead: laptop mode Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155140.035991503@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 27/32] readahead: loop case Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155141.697607086@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 30/32] readahead: debug radix tree new functions Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155142.129761018@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 31/32] readahead: debug traces showing accessed file names Wu Fengguang
     [not found] ` <20060527155142.715530234@localhost.localdomain>
2006-05-27 15:49   ` [PATCH 32/32] readahead: debug traces showing read patterns Wu Fengguang

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