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On XFS systems with pagesize=4K, blocksize=16K, and CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE enabled, We observed the following readahead behaviors: # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches # dd if=test of=/dev/null bs=64k count=1 # ./tools/mm/page-types -r -L -f /mnt/xfs/test foffset offset flags 0 136d4c __RU_l_________H______t_________________F_1 1 136d4d __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 2 136d4e __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 3 136d4f __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 ... c 136bb8 __RU_l_________H______t_________________F_1 d 136bb9 __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 e 136bba __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 f 136bbb __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 <-- first read 10 13c2cc ___U_l_________H______t______________I__F_1 <-- readahead flag 11 13c2cd ___U_l__________T_____t______________I__F_1 12 13c2ce ___U_l__________T_____t______________I__F_1 13 13c2cf ___U_l__________T_____t______________I__F_1 ... 1c 1405d4 ___U_l_________H______t_________________F_1 1d 1405d5 ___U_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 1e 1405d6 ___U_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 1f 1405d7 ___U_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 [ra_size = 32, req_count = 16, async_size = 16] # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches # dd if=test of=/dev/null bs=60k count=1 # ./page-types -r -L -f /mnt/xfs/test foffset offset flags 0 136048 __RU_l_________H______t_________________F_1 ... c 110a40 __RU_l_________H______t_________________F_1 d 110a41 __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 e 110a42 __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 <-- first read f 110a43 __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 <-- first readahead flag 10 13e7a8 ___U_l_________H______t_________________F_1 ... 20 137a00 ___U_l_________H______t_______P______I__F_1 <-- second readahead flag (20 - 2f) 21 137a01 ___U_l__________T_____t_______P______I__F_1 ... 3f 10d4af ___U_l__________T_____t_______P_________F_1 [first readahead: ra_size = 32, req_count = 15, async_size = 17] When reading 64k data (same for 61-63k range, where last_index is page-aligned in filemap_get_pages()), 128k readahead is triggered via page_cache_sync_ra() and the PG_readahead flag is set on the next folio (the one containing 0x10 page). When reading 60k data, 128k readahead is also triggered via page_cache_sync_ra(). However, in this case the readahead flag is set on the 0xf page. Although the requested read size (req_count) is 60k, the actual read will be aligned to folio size (64k), which triggers the readahead flag and initiates asynchronous readahead via page_cache_async_ra(). This results in two readahead operations totaling 256k. The root cause is that when the requested size is smaller than the actual read size (due to folio alignment), it triggers asynchronous readahead. By changing last_index alignment from page size to folio size, we ensure the requested size matches the actual read size, preventing the case where a single read operation triggers two readahead operations. After applying the patch: # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches # dd if=test of=/dev/null bs=60k count=1 # ./page-types -r -L -f /mnt/xfs/test foffset offset flags 0 136d4c __RU_l_________H______t_________________F_1 1 136d4d __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 2 136d4e __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 3 136d4f __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 ... c 136bb8 __RU_l_________H______t_________________F_1 d 136bb9 __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 e 136bba __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 <-- first read f 136bbb __RU_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 10 13c2cc ___U_l_________H______t______________I__F_1 <-- readahead flag 11 13c2cd ___U_l__________T_____t______________I__F_1 12 13c2ce ___U_l__________T_____t______________I__F_1 13 13c2cf ___U_l__________T_____t______________I__F_1 ... 1c 1405d4 ___U_l_________H______t_________________F_1 1d 1405d5 ___U_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 1e 1405d6 ___U_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 1f 1405d7 ___U_l__________T_____t_________________F_1 [ra_size = 32, req_count = 16, async_size = 16] The same phenomenon will occur when reading from 49k to 64k. Set the readahead flag to the next folio. Because the minimum order of folio in address_space equals the block size (at least in xfs and bcachefs that already support bs > ps), having request_count aligned to block size will not cause overread. [klarasmodin@gmail.com: fix overflow on 32-bit] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/yru7qf5gvyzccq5ohhpylvxug5lr5tf54omspbjh4sm6pcdb2r@fpjgj2pxw7va [akpm@linux-foundation.org: update it for Max's constification efforts] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250711055509.91587-1-youling.tang@linux.dev Co-developed-by: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@kylinos.cn> Signed-off-by: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@kylinos.cn> Signed-off-by: Youling Tang <tangyouling@kylinos.cn> Signed-off-by: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Youling Tang <youling.tang@linux.dev> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> |
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