ra_min/ra_max are not initialized, fix it. New benchmark numbers on hda: ST3250820A, ATA DISK drive hda: max request size: 512KiB hda: 488397168 sectors (250059 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=30401/255/63, UDMA(100) with nfs mount mount -o tcp,rsize=$((rsize<<10)) localhost:$EXPORT $MNT rsize stock adaptive ================================== f 8k 3.07 2.51 -18.2% 32k 2.40 2.17 -9.6% 128k 2.40 2.35 -2.1% ff 8k 12.44 6.40 -48.6% 32k 14.62 5.46 -62.7% 128k 15.79 5.19 -67.1% d 8k 2.84 2.48 -12.7% 32k 2.53 1.99 -21.3% 128k 2.18 2.00 -8.3% dd 8k 8.16 7.99 -2.1% 32k 8.27 6.88 -16.8% 128k 7.75 6.97 -10.1% The 4 patterns tested are: f: single file read ff: double file parallel read d: single dir read dd: double dir parallel read Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu --- --- linux-2.6.19-rc6-mm1.orig/mm/readahead.c +++ linux-2.6.19-rc6-mm1/mm/readahead.c @@ -1616,6 +1616,10 @@ page_cache_readahead_adaptive(struct add unsigned long ra_max; int ret; + /* no read-ahead */ + if (!ra->ra_pages) + return 0; + if (page) { ClearPageReadahead(page); @@ -1635,9 +1639,6 @@ page_cache_readahead_adaptive(struct add offset + LAPTOP_POLL_INTERVAL)) return 0; } - } else if (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_NFSD) { /* nfsd read */ - ra_size = max_sane_readahead(req_size); - goto readit; } if (page) @@ -1647,11 +1648,13 @@ page_cache_readahead_adaptive(struct add get_readahead_bounds(ra, &ra_min, &ra_max); - /* read-ahead disabled? */ - if (unlikely(!ra_max || !readahead_ratio)) { - ra_size = max_sane_readahead(req_size); + /* read as is */ + if (!readahead_ratio) + goto readit; + + /* nfsd read */ + if (!page && (ra->flags & RA_FLAG_NFSD)) goto readit; - } /* * Start of file. @@ -1698,11 +1701,11 @@ page_cache_readahead_adaptive(struct add return 0; } +readit: /* * Random read. */ ra_size = min(req_size, ra_max); -readit: ra_size = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, ra_size, 0); ra_account(ra, RA_EVENT_RANDOM_READ, ra_size); -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/