readahead: combine file_ra_state.prev_index/prev_offset into prev_pos

Combine the file_ra_state members
				unsigned long prev_index
				unsigned int prev_offset
into
				loff_t prev_pos

It is more consistent and better supports huge files.

Thanks to Peter for the nice proposal!

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix shift overflow]
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index d250487..4a58bef 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void
 file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	ra->ra_pages = mapping->backing_dev_info->ra_pages;
-	ra->prev_index = -1;
+	ra->prev_pos = -1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init);
 
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra,
  * indicator. The flag won't be set on already cached pages, to avoid the
  * readahead-for-nothing fuss, saving pointless page cache lookups.
  *
- * prev_index tracks the last visited page in the _previous_ read request.
+ * prev_pos tracks the last visited byte in the _previous_ read request.
  * It should be maintained by the caller, and will be used for detecting
  * small random reads. Note that the readahead algorithm checks loosely
  * for sequential patterns. Hence interleaved reads might be served as
@@ -351,11 +351,9 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 		   bool hit_readahead_marker, pgoff_t offset,
 		   unsigned long req_size)
 {
-	int max;	/* max readahead pages */
-	int sequential;
-
-	max = ra->ra_pages;
-	sequential = (offset - ra->prev_index <= 1UL) || (req_size > max);
+	int	max = ra->ra_pages;	/* max readahead pages */
+	pgoff_t prev_offset;
+	int	sequential;
 
 	/*
 	 * It's the expected callback offset, assume sequential access.
@@ -369,6 +367,9 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 		goto readit;
 	}
 
+	prev_offset = ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	sequential = offset - prev_offset <= 1UL || req_size > max;
+
 	/*
 	 * Standalone, small read.
 	 * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state.