[PATCH 12/12] xfs: add lockless xfs_buf_readahead_map fast path
Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:11:20 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Readahead currently always locks the buffer, which can cause contention with actual users of the buffer. Add a fast path without taking any locks if the buffer is uptodate and not stale. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Brian Foster <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <[email protected]> --- fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c index bc23fa59680e..9d8a8b395a23 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c @@ -775,13 +775,23 @@ xfs_buf_readahead_map( if (__xfs_find_get_buf(target, map, nmaps, flags, &bp)) return; - if (xfs_buf_find_lock(bp, XBF_TRYLOCK)) + + /* + * Do a lockless fast path check for a valid uptodate buffer and avoid + * locking entirely in this case. + */ + if ((READ_ONCE(bp->b_flags) & (XBF_DONE | XBF_STALE)) == XBF_DONE) goto out_rele; - trace_xfs_buf_readahead(bp, 0, _RET_IP_); - if (bp->b_flags & XBF_DONE) + /* Otherwise lock the buffer to stabilize the state */ + if (!xfs_buf_trylock(bp)) + goto out_rele; + + /* Let the actual reader deal with stale buffers. */ + if (bp->b_flags & (XBF_STALE | XBF_DONE)) goto out_unlock; + trace_xfs_buf_readahead(bp, 0, _RET_IP_); XFS_STATS_INC(target->bt_mount, xb_get_read); bp->b_ops = ops; xfs_buf_clear_flags(bp, XBF_WRITE | XBF_DONE); -- 2.53.0