In f2fs_precache_extents(), For large files, It requires reading many
node blocks. Instead of reading each node block with synchronous I/O,
this patch applies readahead so that node blocks can be fetched in
advance.

It reduces the overhead of repeated sync reads and improves efficiency
when precaching extents of large files.

I created a file with the same largest extent and executed the test.
For this experiment, I set the file's largest extent with an offset of 0
and a size of 1GB. I configured the remaining area with 100MB extents.

5GB test file:
dd if=/dev/urandom of=test1 bs=1m count=5120
cp test1 test2
fsync test1
dd if=test1 of=test2 bs=1m skip=1024 seek=1024 count=100 conv=notrunc
dd if=test1 of=test2 bs=1m skip=1224 seek=1224 count=100 conv=notrunc
...
dd if=test1 of=test2 bs=1m skip=5024 seek=5024 count=100 conv=notrunc
reboot

I also created 10GB and 20GB files with large extents using the same
method.

ioctl(F2FS_IOC_PRECACHE_EXTENTS) test results are as follows:
  +-----------+---------+---------+-----------+
  | File size | Before  | After   | Reduction |
  +-----------+---------+---------+-----------+
  | 5GB       | 101.8ms | 37.0ms  | 72.1%     |
  | 10GB      | 222.9ms | 56.0ms  | 74.9%     |
  | 20GB      | 446.2ms | 116.4ms | 73.9%     |
  +-----------+---------+---------+-----------+
Tested on a 256GB mobile device with an SM8750 chipset.

Reviewed-by: Sungjong Seo <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Sunmin Jeong <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yunji Kang <[email protected]>
---
v2:
 - Modify the readahead condition check routine for better code
readability.
 - Update the title from 'node block' to 'node blocks'.

v3:
 - Bug fix to allow more node pages to be readahead.
 - Updated with test results.

 fs/f2fs/data.c | 3 +++
 fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 +
 fs/f2fs/node.c | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 7961e0ddfca3..ab3117e3b24a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1572,6 +1572,9 @@ int f2fs_map_blocks(struct inode *inode, struct 
f2fs_map_blocks *map, int flag)
        pgofs = (pgoff_t)map->m_lblk;
        end = pgofs + maxblocks;
 
+       if (flag == F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRECACHE)
+               mode = LOOKUP_NODE_PRECACHE;
+
 next_dnode:
        if (map->m_may_create) {
                if (f2fs_lfs_mode(sbi))
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 9d3bc9633c1d..3ce41528d48e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ enum {
                                         * look up a node with readahead called
                                         * by get_data_block.
                                         */
+       LOOKUP_NODE_PRECACHE,           /* look up a node for 
F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRECACHE */
 };
 
 #define DEFAULT_RETRY_IO_COUNT 8       /* maximum retry read IO or flush count 
*/
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 4254db453b2d..63e9ee7ab911 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -860,7 +860,9 @@ int f2fs_get_dnode_of_data(struct dnode_of_data *dn, 
pgoff_t index, int mode)
                        set_nid(parent, offset[i - 1], nids[i], i == 1);
                        f2fs_alloc_nid_done(sbi, nids[i]);
                        done = true;
-               } else if (mode == LOOKUP_NODE_RA && i == level && level > 1) {
+               } else if ((mode == LOOKUP_NODE_RA ||
+                (mode == LOOKUP_NODE_PRECACHE))
+                && i == level && level > 1) {
                        nfolio[i] = f2fs_get_node_folio_ra(parent, offset[i - 
1]);
                        if (IS_ERR(nfolio[i])) {
                                err = PTR_ERR(nfolio[i]);
-- 
2.34.1



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