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yaml
---
r: 22483
b: refs/heads/master
c: a564da3
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  22481: d7d4fe8
  22479: 52afa3e
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d15c023b44e5d323f1f4130b85d29f08e43433b1
+refs/heads/master: a564da3964db3256069190c2ae95069143ac37fb

trunk/mm/readahead.c

@@ -52,13 +52,24 @@ static inline unsigned long get_min_readahead(struct file_ra_state *ra)
 	return (VM_MIN_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 }
 
+static inline void reset_ahead_window(struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+	/*
+	 * ... but preserve ahead_start + ahead_size value,
+	 * see 'recheck:' label in page_cache_readahead().
+	 * Note: We never use ->ahead_size as rvalue without
+	 * checking ->ahead_start != 0 first.
+	 */
+	ra->ahead_size += ra->ahead_start;
+	ra->ahead_start = 0;
+}
+
 static inline void ra_off(struct file_ra_state *ra)
 {
 	ra->start = 0;
 	ra->flags = 0;
 	ra->size = 0;
-	ra->ahead_start = 0;
-	ra->ahead_size = 0;
+	reset_ahead_window(ra);
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -426,8 +437,7 @@ static int make_ahead_window(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
 		 * congestion.  The ahead window will any way be closed
 		 * in case we failed due to excessive page cache hits.
 		 */
-		ra->ahead_start = 0;
-		ra->ahead_size = 0;
+		reset_ahead_window(ra);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -520,11 +530,11 @@ page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
 	 * If we get here we are doing sequential IO and this was not the first
 	 * occurence (ie we have an existing window)
 	 */
-
 	if (ra->ahead_start == 0) {	 /* no ahead window yet */
 		if (!make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0))
-			goto out;
+			goto recheck;
 	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Already have an ahead window, check if we crossed into it.
 	 * If so, shift windows and issue a new ahead window.
@@ -536,6 +546,10 @@ page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file_ra_state *ra,
 		ra->start = ra->ahead_start;
 		ra->size = ra->ahead_size;
 		make_ahead_window(mapping, filp, ra, 0);
+recheck:
+		/* prev_page shouldn't overrun the ahead window */
+		ra->prev_page = min(ra->prev_page,
+			ra->ahead_start + ra->ahead_size - 1);
 	}
 
 out: