From 116abbe05e491b61c6cd3541e5c8db1e72122ab6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Klaus Schmidinger Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 14:12:17 +0100 Subject: Improved cUnbufferedFile --- CONTRIBUTORS | 1 + HISTORY | 3 ++ cutter.c | 7 ++- tools.c | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- tools.h | 13 +++-- 5 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS index 42c8a892..fd9e2c12 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTORS +++ b/CONTRIBUTORS @@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ Artur Skawina for improving the font file generation in the Makefile for pointing out a problem with the ERR macro defined by ncurses.h for a patch that contained a fix for checking toFile in cCuttingThread::Action() + for improving cUnbufferedFile Werner Fink for making I/O more robust by handling EINTR diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index efd64f9e..514b9df4 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -4293,3 +4293,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History (reported by Udo Richter). - Fixed handling the "Setup/OSD/Menu button closes" option when set to 'yes' in case a replay is active (thanks to Udo Richter). +- Improved cUnbufferedFile; USE_FADVISE is now defined in tools.c by default, so + if you don't want to use "fadvise" you need to comment out that line (thanks to + Artur Skawina). diff --git a/cutter.c b/cutter.c index 6d3a152d..ee4b1a5f 100644 --- a/cutter.c +++ b/cutter.c @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and * how to reach the author. * - * $Id: cutter.c 1.12 2006/01/27 13:45:00 kls Exp $ + * $Id: cutter.c 1.13 2006/02/04 13:40:20 kls Exp $ */ #include "cutter.h" @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ void cCuttingThread::Action(void) toFile = toFileName->Open(); if (!fromFile || !toFile) return; + fromFile->SetReadAhead(MEGABYTE(20)); + toFile->SetReadAhead(MEGABYTE(20)); int Index = Mark->position; Mark = fromMarks.Next(Mark); int FileSize = 0; @@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ void cCuttingThread::Action(void) if (fromIndex->Get(Index++, &FileNumber, &FileOffset, &PictureType, &Length)) { if (FileNumber != CurrentFileNumber) { fromFile = fromFileName->SetOffset(FileNumber, FileOffset); + fromFile->SetReadAhead(MEGABYTE(20)); CurrentFileNumber = FileNumber; } if (fromFile) { @@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ void cCuttingThread::Action(void) error = "toFile 1"; break; } + toFile->SetReadAhead(MEGABYTE(20)); FileSize = 0; } LastIFrame = 0; @@ -162,6 +166,7 @@ void cCuttingThread::Action(void) error = "toFile 2"; break; } + toFile->SetReadAhead(MEGABYTE(20)); FileSize = 0; } } diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c index 031c120a..e9b2cb17 100644 --- a/tools.c +++ b/tools.c @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and * how to reach the author. * - * $Id: tools.c 1.112 2006/01/20 14:01:28 kls Exp $ + * $Id: tools.c 1.113 2006/02/04 14:07:30 kls Exp $ */ #include "tools.h" @@ -1054,10 +1054,9 @@ bool cSafeFile::Close(void) // --- cUnbufferedFile ------------------------------------------------------- -//#define USE_FADVISE +#define USE_FADVISE -#define READ_AHEAD MEGABYTE(2) -#define WRITE_BUFFER MEGABYTE(10) +#define WRITE_BUFFER KILOBYTE(800) cUnbufferedFile::cUnbufferedFile(void) { @@ -1073,8 +1072,17 @@ int cUnbufferedFile::Open(const char *FileName, int Flags, mode_t Mode) { Close(); fd = open(FileName, Flags, Mode); - begin = end = ahead = -1; + curpos = 0; +#ifdef USE_FADVISE + begin = lastpos = ahead = 0; + cachedstart = 0; + cachedend = 0; + readahead = KILOBYTE(128); written = 0; + totwritten = 0; + if (fd >= 0) + posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_RANDOM); // we could use POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL, but we do our own readahead, disabling the kernel one. +#endif return fd; } @@ -1082,16 +1090,9 @@ int cUnbufferedFile::Close(void) { #ifdef USE_FADVISE if (fd >= 0) { - if (ahead > end) - end = ahead; - if (begin >= 0 && end > begin) { - //dsyslog("close buffer: %d (flush: %d bytes, %ld-%ld)", fd, written, begin, end); - if (written) - fdatasync(fd); - posix_fadvise(fd, begin, end - begin, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED); - } - begin = end = ahead = -1; - written = 0; + if (totwritten) // if we wrote anything make sure the data has hit the disk before + fdatasync(fd); // calling fadvise, as this is our last chance to un-cache it. + posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED); } #endif int OldFd = fd; @@ -1099,45 +1100,81 @@ int cUnbufferedFile::Close(void) return close(OldFd); } +// When replaying and going e.g. FF->PLAY the position jumps back 2..8M +// hence we do not want to drop recently accessed data at once. +// We try to handle the common cases such as PLAY->FF->PLAY, small +// jumps, moving editing marks etc. + +#define FADVGRAN KILOBYTE(4) // AKA fadvise-chunk-size; PAGE_SIZE or getpagesize(2) would also work. +#define READCHUNK MEGABYTE(8) + +void cUnbufferedFile::SetReadAhead(size_t ra) +{ + readahead = ra; +} + +int cUnbufferedFile::FadviseDrop(off_t Offset, off_t Len) +{ + // rounding up the window to make sure that not PAGE_SIZE-aligned data gets freed. + return posix_fadvise(fd, Offset - (FADVGRAN - 1), Len + (FADVGRAN - 1) * 2, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED); +} + off_t cUnbufferedFile::Seek(off_t Offset, int Whence) { - if (fd >= 0) - return lseek(fd, Offset, Whence); - return -1; + if (Whence == SEEK_SET && Offset == curpos) + return curpos; + curpos = lseek(fd, Offset, Whence); + return curpos; } ssize_t cUnbufferedFile::Read(void *Data, size_t Size) { if (fd >= 0) { #ifdef USE_FADVISE - off_t pos = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR); - // jump forward - adjust end position - if (pos > end) - end = pos; - // after adjusting end - don't clear more than previously requested - if (end > ahead) - end = ahead; - // jump backward - drop read ahead of previous run - if (pos < begin) - end = ahead; - if (begin >= 0 && end > begin) - posix_fadvise(fd, begin - KILOBYTE(200), end - begin + KILOBYTE(200), POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);//XXX macros/parameters??? - begin = pos; + off_t jumped = curpos-lastpos; // nonzero means we're not at the last offset + if ((cachedstart < cachedend) && (curpos < cachedstart || curpos > cachedend)) { + FadviseDrop(cachedstart, cachedend-cachedstart); + cachedstart = curpos; + cachedend = curpos; + } + cachedstart = min(cachedstart, curpos); #endif ssize_t bytesRead = safe_read(fd, Data, Size); #ifdef USE_FADVISE if (bytesRead > 0) { - pos += bytesRead; - end = pos; - // this seems to trigger a non blocking read - this - // may or may not have been finished when we will be called next time. - // If it is not finished we can't release the not yet filled buffers. - // So this is commented out till we find a better solution. - //posix_fadvise(fd, pos, READ_AHEAD, POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED); - ahead = pos + READ_AHEAD; + curpos += bytesRead; + cachedend = max(cachedend, curpos); + + // Read ahead: + // no jump? (allow small forward jump still inside readahead window). + if (jumped >= 0 && jumped <= (off_t)readahead) { + // Trigger the readahead IO, but only if we've used at least + // 1/2 of the previously requested area. This avoids calling + // fadvise() after every read() call. + if (ahead - curpos < (off_t)(readahead - readahead / 2)) { + posix_fadvise(fd, curpos, readahead, POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED); + ahead = curpos + readahead; + cachedend = max(cachedend, ahead); + } + if (readahead < Size * 32) { // automagically tune readahead size. + readahead = Size * 32; + } + } + else + ahead = curpos; // jumped -> we really don't want any readahead. otherwise eg fast-rewind gets in trouble. } - else - end = pos; + + if (cachedstart < cachedend) { + if (curpos - cachedstart > READCHUNK * 2) { + FadviseDrop(cachedstart, curpos - READCHUNK - cachedstart); + cachedstart = curpos - READCHUNK; + } + else if (cachedend > ahead && cachedend - curpos > READCHUNK * 2) { + FadviseDrop(curpos + READCHUNK, cachedend - curpos + READCHUNK); + cachedend = curpos + READCHUNK; + } + } + lastpos = curpos; #endif return bytesRead; } @@ -1147,28 +1184,34 @@ ssize_t cUnbufferedFile::Read(void *Data, size_t Size) ssize_t cUnbufferedFile::Write(const void *Data, size_t Size) { if (fd >=0) { -#ifdef USE_FADVISE - off_t pos = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR); -#endif ssize_t bytesWritten = safe_write(fd, Data, Size); #ifdef USE_FADVISE - if (bytesWritten >= 0) { + if (bytesWritten > 0) { + begin = min(begin, curpos); + curpos += bytesWritten; written += bytesWritten; - if (begin >= 0) { - if (pos < begin) - begin = pos; - } - else - begin = pos; - if (pos + bytesWritten > end) - end = pos + bytesWritten; + lastpos = max(lastpos, curpos); if (written > WRITE_BUFFER) { - //dsyslog("flush buffer: %d (%d bytes, %ld-%ld)", fd, written, begin, end); - fdatasync(fd); - if (begin >= 0 && end > begin) - posix_fadvise(fd, begin, end - begin, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED); - begin = end = -1; + if (lastpos > begin) { + off_t headdrop = min(begin, WRITE_BUFFER * 2L); + posix_fadvise(fd, begin - headdrop, lastpos - begin + headdrop, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED); + } + begin = lastpos = max(0L, curpos - (KILOBYTE(4) - 1)); + totwritten += written; written = 0; + // The above fadvise() works when writing slowly (recording), but could + // leave cached data around when writing at a high rate (cutting). + // Also, it seems in some setups, the above does not trigger any I/O and + // the fdatasync() call below has to do all the work (reiserfs with some + // kind of write gathering enabled). + // We add 'readahead' to the threshold in an attempt to increase cutting + // speed; it's a tradeoff -- speed vs RAM-used. + if (totwritten > MEGABYTE(32) + readahead) { + //fdatasync(fd); + off_t headdrop = min(curpos - totwritten, totwritten * 2L); + posix_fadvise(fd, curpos - totwritten - headdrop, totwritten + headdrop, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED); + totwritten = 0; + } } } #endif diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h index 7e57744b..bd2e97ce 100644 --- a/tools.h +++ b/tools.h @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and * how to reach the author. * - * $Id: tools.h 1.90 2006/01/15 16:19:56 kls Exp $ + * $Id: tools.h 1.91 2006/02/04 13:58:01 kls Exp $ */ #ifndef __TOOLS_H @@ -242,15 +242,22 @@ public: class cUnbufferedFile { private: int fd; + off_t curpos; + off_t cachedstart; + off_t cachedend; off_t begin; - off_t end; + off_t lastpos; off_t ahead; - ssize_t written; + size_t readahead; + size_t written; + size_t totwritten; public: cUnbufferedFile(void); ~cUnbufferedFile(); int Open(const char *FileName, int Flags, mode_t Mode = DEFFILEMODE); int Close(void); + void SetReadAhead(size_t ra); + int FadviseDrop(off_t Offset, off_t Len); off_t Seek(off_t Offset, int Whence); ssize_t Read(void *Data, size_t Size); ssize_t Write(const void *Data, size_t Size); -- cgit v1.2.3