linux/fs/netfs
David Howells 100ccd18bb netfs: Optimise away reads above the point at which there can be no data
Track the file position above which the server is not expected to have any
data (the "zero point") and preemptively assume that we can satisfy
requests by filling them with zeroes locally rather than attempting to
download them if they're over that line - even if we've written data back
to the server.  Assume that any data that was written back above that
position is held in the local cache.  Note that we have to split requests
that straddle the line.

Make use of this to optimise away some reads from the server.  We need to
set the zero point in the following circumstances:

 (1) When we see an extant remote inode and have no cache for it, we set
     the zero_point to i_size.

 (2) On local inode creation, we set zero_point to 0.

 (3) On local truncation down, we reduce zero_point to the new i_size if
     the new i_size is lower.

 (4) On local truncation up, we don't change zero_point.

 (5) On local modification, we don't change zero_point.

 (6) On remote invalidation, we set zero_point to the new i_size.

 (7) If stored data is discarded from the pagecache or culled from fscache,
     we must set zero_point above that if the data also got written to the
     server.

 (8) If dirty data is written back to the server, but not fscache, we must
     set zero_point above that.

 (9) If a direct I/O write is made, set zero_point above that.

Assuming the above, any read from the server at or above the zero_point
position will return all zeroes.

The zero_point value can be stored in the cache, provided the above rules
are applied to it by any code that culls part of the local cache.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
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buffered_read.c netfs: Provide netfs_file_read_iter() 2023-12-28 09:45:25 +00:00
buffered_write.c netfs: Optimise away reads above the point at which there can be no data 2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
direct_read.c netfs: Implement unbuffered/DIO read support 2023-12-28 09:45:23 +00:00
direct_write.c netfs: Optimise away reads above the point at which there can be no data 2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
fscache_cache.c netfs, fscache: Move fs/fscache/* into fs/netfs/ 2023-12-24 11:36:00 +00:00
fscache_cookie.c netfs, fscache: Move fs/fscache/* into fs/netfs/ 2023-12-24 11:36:00 +00:00
fscache_internal.h netfs, fscache: Combine fscache with netfs 2023-12-24 15:08:46 +00:00
fscache_io.c netfs, cachefiles: Pass upper bound length to allow expansion 2023-12-28 09:45:25 +00:00
fscache_main.c netfs, fscache: Move /proc/fs/fscache to /proc/fs/netfs and put in a symlink 2023-12-24 15:08:48 +00:00
fscache_proc.c netfs, fscache: Move /proc/fs/fscache to /proc/fs/netfs and put in a symlink 2023-12-24 15:08:48 +00:00
fscache_stats.c netfs, fscache: Move /proc/fs/fscache to /proc/fs/netfs and put in a symlink 2023-12-24 15:08:48 +00:00
fscache_volume.c netfs, fscache: Move fs/fscache/* into fs/netfs/ 2023-12-24 11:36:00 +00:00
internal.h netfs: Implement a write-through caching option 2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
io.c netfs: Optimise away reads above the point at which there can be no data 2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
iterator.c netfs: Add func to calculate pagecount/size-limited span of an iterator 2023-12-28 09:45:18 +00:00
Kconfig netfs, fscache: Combine fscache with netfs 2023-12-24 15:08:46 +00:00
locking.c netfs: Implement unbuffered/DIO vs buffered I/O locking 2023-12-24 15:08:52 +00:00
main.c netfs: Implement a write-through caching option 2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
Makefile netfs: Implement unbuffered/DIO write support 2023-12-28 09:45:24 +00:00
misc.c netfs: Optimise away reads above the point at which there can be no data 2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
objects.c netfs: Implement a write-through caching option 2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
output.c netfs: Implement a write-through caching option 2023-12-28 09:45:27 +00:00
stats.c netfs: Implement unbuffered/DIO read support 2023-12-28 09:45:23 +00:00