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authorFengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>2007-07-19 01:47:58 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-19 10:04:43 -0700
commitf615bfca468c9b80ed2d09be5fdbaf470a32c045 (patch)
tree4771fd91ae020efaafbe653ad78ba5e32d56e8a3
parent46fc3e7b4e7233a0ac981ac9084b55217318d04d (diff)
downloadlinux-f615bfca468c9b80ed2d09be5fdbaf470a32c045.tar.gz
readahead: MIN_RA_PAGES/MAX_RA_PAGES macros
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>
-rw-r--r--mm/readahead.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 88ea0f29aac8..7f9bf588c936 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -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)