NFS: readdir with vmapped pages

We can use vmapped pages to read more information from the network at once.
This will reduce the number of calls needed to complete a readdir.

Signed-off-by: Bryan Schumaker <bjschuma@netapp.com>
[trondmy: Added #include for linux/vmalloc.h> in fs/nfs/dir.c]
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>

6 files changed, 70 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 5f01f42b3991..876ba8592706 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -903,8 +903,8 @@ static void nfs_server_set_fsinfo(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fsinfo *
         server->wtmult = nfs_block_bits(fsinfo->wtmult, NULL);
 
         server->dtsize = nfs_block_size(fsinfo->dtpref, NULL);
-        if (server->dtsize > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-                server->dtsize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+        if (server->dtsize > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE * NFS_MAX_READDIR_PAGES)
+                server->dtsize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE * NFS_MAX_READDIR_PAGES;
         if (server->dtsize > server->rsize)
                 server->dtsize = server->rsize;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 88cbcda76856..5d7da3ad4e85 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #include "delegation.h"
 #include "iostat.h"
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ out:
 
 /* Fill a page with xdr information before transferring to the cache page */
 static
-int nfs_readdir_xdr_filler(struct page *xdr_page, nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc,
+int nfs_readdir_xdr_filler(struct page **pages, nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc,
                         struct nfs_entry *entry, struct file *file, struct inode *inode)
 {
         struct rpc_cred *cred = nfs_file_cred(file);
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ int nfs_readdir_xdr_filler(struct page *xdr_page, nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc
  again:
         timestamp = jiffies;
         gencount = nfs_inc_attr_generation_counter();
-        error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readdir(file->f_path.dentry, cred, entry->cookie, xdr_page,
+        error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readdir(file->f_path.dentry, cred, entry->cookie, pages,
                                           NFS_SERVER(inode)->dtsize, desc->plus);
         if (error < 0) {
                 /* We requested READDIRPLUS, but the server doesn't grok it */
@@ -436,11 +437,11 @@ out:
 /* Perform conversion from xdr to cache array */
 static
 void nfs_readdir_page_filler(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct nfs_entry *entry,
-                                struct page *xdr_page, struct page *page, unsigned int buflen)
+                                void *xdr_page, struct page *page, unsigned int buflen)
 {
         struct xdr_stream stream;
         struct xdr_buf buf;
-        __be32 *ptr = kmap(xdr_page);
+        __be32 *ptr = xdr_page;
 
         buf.head->iov_base = xdr_page;
         buf.head->iov_len = buflen;
@@ -458,18 +459,59 @@ void nfs_readdir_page_filler(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct nfs_entry *e
                 if (desc->plus == 1)
                         nfs_prime_dcache(desc->file->f_path.dentry, entry);
         }
-        kunmap(xdr_page);
+}
+
+static
+void nfs_readdir_free_pagearray(struct page **pages, unsigned int npages)
+{
+        unsigned int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
+                put_page(pages[i]);
+}
+
+static
+void nfs_readdir_free_large_page(void *ptr, struct page **pages,
+                unsigned int npages)
+{
+        vm_unmap_ram(ptr, npages);
+        nfs_readdir_free_pagearray(pages, npages);
+}
+
+/*
+ * nfs_readdir_large_page will allocate pages that must be freed with a call
+ * to nfs_readdir_free_large_page
+ */
+static
+void *nfs_readdir_large_page(struct page **pages, unsigned int npages)
+{
+        void *ptr;
+        unsigned int i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
+                struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+                if (page == NULL)
+                        goto out_freepages;
+                pages[i] = page;
+        }
+
+        ptr = vm_map_ram(pages, NFS_MAX_READDIR_PAGES, 0, PAGE_KERNEL);
+        if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ptr))
+                return ptr;
+out_freepages:
+        nfs_readdir_free_pagearray(pages, i);
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 static
 int nfs_readdir_xdr_to_array(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct page *page, struct inode *inode)
 {
-        struct page *xdr_page;
+        struct page *pages[NFS_MAX_READDIR_PAGES];
+        void *pages_ptr = NULL;
         struct nfs_entry entry;
         struct file     *file = desc->file;
         struct nfs_cache_array *array;
         int status = 0;
-        unsigned int array_size = 1;
+        unsigned int array_size = ARRAY_SIZE(pages);
 
         entry.prev_cookie = 0;
         entry.cookie = *desc->dir_cookie;
@@ -483,18 +525,18 @@ int nfs_readdir_xdr_to_array(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct page *page,
         memset(array, 0, sizeof(struct nfs_cache_array));
         array->eof_index = -1;
 
-        xdr_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!xdr_page)
+        pages_ptr = nfs_readdir_large_page(pages, array_size);
+        if (!pages_ptr)
                 goto out_release_array;
         do {
-                status = nfs_readdir_xdr_filler(xdr_page, desc, &entry, file, inode);
+                status = nfs_readdir_xdr_filler(pages, desc, &entry, file, inode);
 
                 if (status < 0)
                         break;
-                nfs_readdir_page_filler(desc, &entry, xdr_page, page, array_size * PAGE_SIZE);
+                nfs_readdir_page_filler(desc, &entry, pages_ptr, page, array_size * PAGE_SIZE);
         } while (array->eof_index < 0 && array->size < MAX_READDIR_ARRAY);
 
-        put_page(xdr_page);
+        nfs_readdir_free_large_page(pages_ptr, pages, array_size);
 out_release_array:
         nfs_readdir_release_array(page);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 74b015598a43..7b0e894d00c8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ struct nfs_clone_mount {
 #define NFS_UNSPEC_PORT         (-1)
 
 /*
+ * Maximum number of pages that readdir can use for creating
+ * a vmapped array of pages.
+ */
+#define NFS_MAX_READDIR_PAGES 8
+
+/*
  * In-kernel mount arguments
  */
 struct nfs_parsed_mount_data {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index f8446b38dcb4..ce939c062a52 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ out:
  */
 static int
 nfs3_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred,
-                  u64 cookie, struct page *page, unsigned int count, int plus)
+                  u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, int plus)
 {
         struct inode            *dir = dentry->d_inode;
         __be32                  *verf = NFS_COOKIEVERF(dir);
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ nfs3_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred,
                 .verf           = {verf[0], verf[1]},
                 .plus           = plus,
                 .count          = count,
-                .pages          = &page
+                .pages          = pages
         };
         struct nfs3_readdirres  res = {
                 .verf           = verf,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index aa771c1af115..cb33c73206e3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2823,12 +2823,12 @@ static int nfs4_proc_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 static int _nfs4_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred,
-                  u64 cookie, struct page *page, unsigned int count, int plus)
+                u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, int plus)
 {
         struct inode            *dir = dentry->d_inode;
         struct nfs4_readdir_arg args = {
                 .fh = NFS_FH(dir),
-                .pages = &page,
+                .pages = pages,
                 .pgbase = 0,
                 .count = count,
                 .bitmask = NFS_SERVER(dentry->d_inode)->attr_bitmask,
@@ -2859,14 +2859,14 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred,
 }
 
 static int nfs4_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred,
-                  u64 cookie, struct page *page, unsigned int count, int plus)
+                u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, int plus)
 {
         struct nfs4_exception exception = { };
         int err;
         do {
                 err = nfs4_handle_exception(NFS_SERVER(dentry->d_inode),
                                 _nfs4_proc_readdir(dentry, cred, cookie,
-                                        page, count, plus),
+                                        pages, count, plus),
                                 &exception);
         } while (exception.retry);
         return err;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index e5e84aa2af17..58e7f84fc1fd 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -534,14 +534,14 @@ nfs_proc_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name)
  */
 static int
 nfs_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct rpc_cred *cred,
-                 u64 cookie, struct page *page, unsigned int count, int plus)
+                 u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, int plus)
 {
         struct inode            *dir = dentry->d_inode;
         struct nfs_readdirargs  arg = {
                 .fh             = NFS_FH(dir),
                 .cookie         = cookie,
                 .count          = count,
-                .pages          = &page,
+                .pages          = pages,
         };
         struct rpc_message      msg = {
                 .rpc_proc       = &nfs_procedures[NFSPROC_READDIR],