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1 files changed, 41 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 807a463fd5ed..d504d6e98886 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -828,6 +828,32 @@ grab_cache_page_nowait(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long index)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(grab_cache_page_nowait);
+/*
+ * CD/DVDs are error prone. When a medium error occurs, the driver may fail
+ * a _large_ part of the i/o request. Imagine the worst scenario:
+ *
+ * ---R__________________________________________B__________
+ * ^ reading here ^ bad block(assume 4k)
+ *
+ * read(R) => miss => readahead(R...B) => media error => frustrating retries
+ * => failing the whole request => read(R) => read(R+1) =>
+ * readahead(R+1...B+1) => bang => read(R+2) => read(R+3) =>
+ * readahead(R+3...B+2) => bang => read(R+3) => read(R+4) =>
+ * readahead(R+4...B+3) => bang => read(R+4) => read(R+5) => ......
+ *
+ * It is going insane. Fix it by quickly scaling down the readahead size.
+ */
+static void shrink_readahead_size_eio(struct file *filp,
+ struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+ if (!ra->ra_pages)
+ return;
+
+ ra->ra_pages /= 4;
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Reducing readahead size to %luK\n",
+ ra->ra_pages << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10));
+}
+
/**
* do_generic_mapping_read - generic file read routine
* @mapping: address_space to be read
@@ -985,6 +1011,7 @@ readpage:
}
unlock_page(page);
error = -EIO;
+ shrink_readahead_size_eio(filp, &ra);
goto readpage_error;
}
unlock_page(page);
@@ -1522,6 +1549,7 @@ page_not_uptodate:
* Things didn't work out. Return zero to tell the
* mm layer so, possibly freeing the page cache page first.
*/
+ shrink_readahead_size_eio(file, ra);
page_cache_release(page);
return NULL;
}
@@ -1892,7 +1920,7 @@ int remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_suid);
size_t
-__filemap_copy_from_user_iovec(char *vaddr,
+__filemap_copy_from_user_iovec_inatomic(char *vaddr,
const struct iovec *iov, size_t base, size_t bytes)
{
size_t copied = 0, left = 0;
@@ -1908,12 +1936,8 @@ __filemap_copy_from_user_iovec(char *vaddr,
vaddr += copy;
iov++;
- if (unlikely(left)) {
- /* zero the rest of the target like __copy_from_user */
- if (bytes)
- memset(vaddr, 0, bytes);
+ if (unlikely(left))
break;
- }
}
return copied - left;
}
@@ -2071,14 +2095,21 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
do {
unsigned long index;
unsigned long offset;
- unsigned long maxlen;
size_t copied;
offset = (pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -1)); /* Within page */
index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
bytes = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
- if (bytes > count)
- bytes = count;
+
+ /* Limit the size of the copy to the caller's write size */
+ bytes = min(bytes, count);
+
+ /*
+ * Limit the size of the copy to that of the current segment,
+ * because fault_in_pages_readable() doesn't know how to walk
+ * segments.
+ */
+ bytes = min(bytes, cur_iov->iov_len - iov_base);
/*
* Bring in the user page that we will copy from _first_.
@@ -2086,10 +2117,7 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
* same page as we're writing to, without it being marked
* up-to-date.
*/
- maxlen = cur_iov->iov_len - iov_base;
- if (maxlen > bytes)
- maxlen = bytes;
- fault_in_pages_readable(buf, maxlen);
+ fault_in_pages_readable(buf, bytes);
page = __grab_cache_page(mapping,index,&cached_page,&lru_pvec);
if (!page) {
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