[PATCH] ext3_readdir: use generic readahead
Linus points out that ext3_readdir's readahead only cuts in when
ext3_readdir() is operating at the very start of the directory. So for large
directories we end up performing no readahead at all and we suck.
So take it all out and use the core VM's page_cache_readahead(). This means
that ext3 directory reads will use all of readahead's dynamic sizing goop.
Note that we're using the directory's filp->f_ra to hold the readahead state,
but readahead is actually being performed against the underlying blockdev's
address_space. Fortunately the readahead code is all set up to handle this.
Tested with printk. It works. I was struggling to find a real workload which
actually cared.
(The patch also exports page_cache_readahead() to GPL modules)
Cc: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 0384e53..d59d5a6 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
* The BKL may not be held on entry here. Be sure to take it early.
*/
-static int
+int
ext3_get_block_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create, int extend_disksize)
{