Thread (28 messages) 28 messages, 2 authors, 2012-10-17
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[PATCH 4/5] Move the check for ra_pages after VM_SequentialReadHint()

From: <hidden>
Date: 2012-09-22 10:33:53
Subsystem: memory management, page cache, the rest · Maintainers: Andrew Morton, Matthew Wilcox, Linus Torvalds

From: Raghavendra D Prabhu <redacted>

page_cache_sync_readahead checks for ra->ra_pages again, so moving the check
after VM_SequentialReadHint.

Signed-off-by: Raghavendra D Prabhu <redacted>
---
 mm/filemap.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 3843445..606a648 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1523,8 +1523,6 @@ static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	/* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */
 	if (VM_RandomReadHint(vma))
 		return;
-	if (!ra->ra_pages)
-		return;
 
 	if (VM_SequentialReadHint(vma)) {
 		page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, ra, file, offset,
@@ -1532,6 +1530,9 @@ static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!ra->ra_pages)
+		return;
+
 	/* Avoid banging the cache line if not needed */
 	if (ra->mmap_miss < MMAP_LOTSAMISS * 10)
 		ra->mmap_miss++;
-- 
1.7.12.1

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