readahead: MIN_RA_PAGES/MAX_RA_PAGES macros
authorFengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:47:58 +0000 (01:47 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:04:43 +0000 (10:04 -0700)
Define two convenient macros for read-ahead:
- MAX_RA_PAGES: rounded down counterpart of VM_MAX_READAHEAD
- MIN_RA_PAGES: rounded _up_ counterpart of VM_MIN_READAHEAD

Note that the rounded up MIN_RA_PAGES will work flawlessly with _large_
page sizes like 64k.

Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
Cc: Steven Pratt <slpratt@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/readahead.c

index 88ea0f29aac898fa4ce49f07cf1e56584f74e3b4..7f9bf588c93630800629b71201939866721ca4ca 100644 (file)
@@ -21,8 +21,16 @@ void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_unplug_io_fn);
 
+/*
+ * Convienent macros for min/max read-ahead pages.
+ * Note that MAX_RA_PAGES is rounded down, while MIN_RA_PAGES is rounded up.
+ * The latter is necessary for systems with large page size(i.e. 64k).
+ */
+#define MAX_RA_PAGES   (VM_MAX_READAHEAD*1024 / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+#define MIN_RA_PAGES   DIV_ROUND_UP(VM_MIN_READAHEAD*1024, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+
 struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
-       .ra_pages       = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
+       .ra_pages       = MAX_RA_PAGES,
        .state          = 0,
        .capabilities   = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY,
        .unplug_io_fn   = default_unplug_io_fn,
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ static inline unsigned long get_max_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
 
 static inline unsigned long get_min_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
 {
-       return (VM_MIN_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+       return MIN_RA_PAGES;
 }
 
 static inline void reset_ahead_window(struct file_ra_state *ra)