---

yaml
---
r: 186206
b: refs/heads/master
c: 0141450
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 42e49608683ab25fbbbf9c40edb944601e543882
+refs/heads/master: 0141450f66c3c12a3aaa869748caa64241885cdf

trunk/include/linux/fs.h

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
  */
 #define FMODE_NOCMTIME		((__force fmode_t)2048)
 
+/* Expect random access pattern */
+#define FMODE_RANDOM		((__force fmode_t)4096)
+
 /*
  * The below are the various read and write types that we support. Some of
  * them include behavioral modifiers that send information down to the

trunk/mm/fadvise.c

@@ -77,12 +77,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE(fadvise64_64)(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 	switch (advice) {
 	case POSIX_FADV_NORMAL:
 		file->f_ra.ra_pages = bdi->ra_pages;
+		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+		file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_RANDOM;
+		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_RANDOM:
-		file->f_ra.ra_pages = 0;
+		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+		file->f_mode |= FMODE_RANDOM;
+		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL:
 		file->f_ra.ra_pages = bdi->ra_pages * 2;
+		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+		file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_RANDOM;
+		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED:
 		if (!mapping->a_ops->readpage) {

trunk/mm/readahead.c

@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (!ra->ra_pages)
 		return;
 
+	/* be dumb */
+	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM) {
+		force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* do read-ahead */
 	ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, false, offset, req_size);
 }