Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: preload extent_cache for POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED

[Jaegeuk Kim]

This patch tries to preload extent_cache given POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED, which is
more useful for generic usecases.

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 Change log from v1:
  - load it at offset=0 once to avoid reloading for all the calls

 fs/f2fs/file.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 09716127e107..161826c6e200 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -4858,6 +4858,9 @@ static int f2fs_file_fadvise(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 		filp->f_mode &= ~FMODE_RANDOM;
 		spin_unlock(&filp->f_lock);
 		return 0;
+	} else if (advice == POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED && offset == 0) {
+		/* Load extent cache at the first readahead. */
+		f2fs_precache_extents(inode);
 	}
 
 	err = generic_fadvise(filp, offset, len, advice);
-- 
2.42.0.515.g380fc7ccd1-goog