[Gluster-devel] Readdir-ahead

[Raghavendra Gowdappa]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keiviw" <keiviw at 163.com>
> To: gluster-devel at gluster.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 6:20:28 AM
> Subject: [Gluster-devel] Readdir-ahead
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> I have two questions about the performance,readdir-ahead.
> 1. In the code,the request max_size is 131072,128K. If i change the max_size
> to a larger size, what will happen?

readdir-ahead winds down readdir calls with a buffer of size "max_size". If you increase the size, each readdir (including those "preload" requests which are not issued by application) will be done with a bigger buffer to fetch dentries.

> 2. As what i have said in question 1, for a larger buffer, if the second
> readdir arrives, the denty will return from the buffer or from the server?

Only if a preload (a readdir request not initiated by application, but instead triggered by readdir-ahead in an attempt to pre-emptively fill the read-ahead buffer) is in progress, a readdir from application waits for its completion. For all other cases, readdir-ahead is bypassed. Also note that readdir-ahead is "per-fd" based cache. So, barring cases like duping an fd (including fork() ), one shouldn't get parallel readdir requests on a single fd.

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