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1 /*
2  * Copyright 2004-2009, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de.
3  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
4  */
5 
6 
7 #include "vnode_store.h"
8 
9 #include <unistd.h>
10 #include <stdlib.h>
11 #include <string.h>
12 
13 #include <KernelExport.h>
14 #include <fs_cache.h>
15 
16 #include <condition_variable.h>
17 #include <file_cache.h>
18 #include <generic_syscall.h>
19 #include <low_resource_manager.h>
20 #include <thread.h>
21 #include <util/AutoLock.h>
22 #include <util/kernel_cpp.h>
23 #include <vfs.h>
24 #include <vm/vm.h>
25 #include <vm/vm_page.h>
26 #include <vm/VMCache.h>
27 
28 #include "IORequest.h"
29 
30 
31 //#define TRACE_FILE_CACHE
32 #ifdef TRACE_FILE_CACHE
33 #	define TRACE(x) dprintf x
34 #else
35 #	define TRACE(x) ;
36 #endif
37 
38 // maximum number of iovecs per request
39 #define MAX_IO_VECS			32	// 128 kB
40 
41 #define BYPASS_IO_SIZE		65536
42 #define LAST_ACCESSES		3
43 
44 struct file_cache_ref {
45 	VMCache			*cache;
46 	struct vnode	*vnode;
47 	off_t			last_access[LAST_ACCESSES];
48 		// TODO: it would probably be enough to only store the least
49 		//	significant 31 bits, and make this uint32 (one bit for
50 		//	write vs. read)
51 	int32			last_access_index;
52 	uint16			disabled_count;
53 
54 	inline void SetLastAccess(int32 index, off_t access, bool isWrite)
55 	{
56 		// we remember writes as negative offsets
57 		last_access[index] = isWrite ? -access : access;
58 	}
59 
60 	inline off_t LastAccess(int32 index, bool isWrite) const
61 	{
62 		return isWrite ? -last_access[index] : last_access[index];
63 	}
64 
65 	inline uint32 LastAccessPageOffset(int32 index, bool isWrite)
66 	{
67 		return LastAccess(index, isWrite) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
68 	}
69 };
70 
71 class PrecacheIO : public AsyncIOCallback {
72 public:
73 								PrecacheIO(file_cache_ref* ref, off_t offset,
74 									generic_size_t size);
75 								~PrecacheIO();
76 
77 			status_t			Prepare(vm_page_reservation* reservation);
78 			void				ReadAsync();
79 
80 	virtual	void				IOFinished(status_t status,
81 									bool partialTransfer,
82 									generic_size_t bytesTransferred);
83 
84 private:
85 			file_cache_ref*		fRef;
86 			VMCache*			fCache;
87 			vm_page**			fPages;
88 			size_t				fPageCount;
89 			ConditionVariable*	fBusyConditions;
90 			generic_io_vec*		fVecs;
91 			off_t				fOffset;
92 			uint32				fVecCount;
93 			generic_size_t		fSize;
94 #if DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS
95 			thread_id			fAllocatingThread;
96 #endif
97 };
98 
99 typedef status_t (*cache_func)(file_cache_ref* ref, void* cookie, off_t offset,
100 	int32 pageOffset, addr_t buffer, size_t bufferSize, bool useBuffer,
101 	vm_page_reservation* reservation, size_t reservePages);
102 
103 static void add_to_iovec(generic_io_vec* vecs, uint32 &index, uint32 max,
104 	generic_addr_t address, generic_size_t size);
105 
106 
107 static struct cache_module_info* sCacheModule;
108 
109 
110 static const uint32 kZeroVecCount = 32;
111 static const size_t kZeroVecSize = kZeroVecCount * B_PAGE_SIZE;
112 static phys_addr_t sZeroPage;	// physical address
113 static generic_io_vec sZeroVecs[kZeroVecCount];
114 
115 
116 //	#pragma mark -
117 
118 
119 PrecacheIO::PrecacheIO(file_cache_ref* ref, off_t offset, generic_size_t size)
120 	:
121 	fRef(ref),
122 	fCache(ref->cache),
123 	fPages(NULL),
124 	fVecs(NULL),
125 	fOffset(offset),
126 	fVecCount(0),
127 	fSize(size)
128 {
129 	fPageCount = (size + B_PAGE_SIZE - 1) / B_PAGE_SIZE;
130 	fCache->AcquireRefLocked();
131 }
132 
133 
134 PrecacheIO::~PrecacheIO()
135 {
136 	delete[] fPages;
137 	delete[] fVecs;
138 	fCache->ReleaseRefLocked();
139 }
140 
141 
142 status_t
143 PrecacheIO::Prepare(vm_page_reservation* reservation)
144 {
145 	if (fPageCount == 0)
146 		return B_BAD_VALUE;
147 
148 	fPages = new(std::nothrow) vm_page*[fPageCount];
149 	if (fPages == NULL)
150 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
151 
152 	fVecs = new(std::nothrow) generic_io_vec[fPageCount];
153 	if (fVecs == NULL)
154 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
155 
156 	// allocate pages for the cache and mark them busy
157 	uint32 i = 0;
158 	for (generic_size_t pos = 0; pos < fSize; pos += B_PAGE_SIZE) {
159 		vm_page* page = vm_page_allocate_page(reservation,
160 			PAGE_STATE_CACHED | VM_PAGE_ALLOC_BUSY);
161 
162 		fCache->InsertPage(page, fOffset + pos);
163 
164 		add_to_iovec(fVecs, fVecCount, fPageCount,
165 			page->physical_page_number * B_PAGE_SIZE, B_PAGE_SIZE);
166 		fPages[i++] = page;
167 	}
168 
169 #if DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS
170 	fAllocatingThread = find_thread(NULL);
171 #endif
172 
173 	return B_OK;
174 }
175 
176 
177 void
178 PrecacheIO::ReadAsync()
179 {
180 	// This object is going to be deleted after the I/O request has been
181 	// fulfilled
182 	vfs_asynchronous_read_pages(fRef->vnode, NULL, fOffset, fVecs, fVecCount,
183 		fSize, B_PHYSICAL_IO_REQUEST, this);
184 }
185 
186 
187 void
188 PrecacheIO::IOFinished(status_t status, bool partialTransfer,
189 	generic_size_t bytesTransferred)
190 {
191 	AutoLocker<VMCache> locker(fCache);
192 
193 	// Make successfully loaded pages accessible again (partially
194 	// transferred pages are considered failed)
195 	phys_size_t pagesTransferred
196 		= (bytesTransferred + B_PAGE_SIZE - 1) / B_PAGE_SIZE;
197 
198 	if (fOffset + (off_t)bytesTransferred > fCache->virtual_end)
199 		bytesTransferred = fCache->virtual_end - fOffset;
200 
201 	for (uint32 i = 0; i < pagesTransferred; i++) {
202 		if (i == pagesTransferred - 1
203 			&& (bytesTransferred % B_PAGE_SIZE) != 0) {
204 			// clear partial page
205 			size_t bytesTouched = bytesTransferred % B_PAGE_SIZE;
206 			vm_memset_physical(
207 				((phys_addr_t)fPages[i]->physical_page_number << PAGE_SHIFT)
208 					+ bytesTouched,
209 				0, B_PAGE_SIZE - bytesTouched);
210 		}
211 
212 		DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_TRANSFER(fPages[i], fAllocatingThread);
213 
214 		fCache->MarkPageUnbusy(fPages[i]);
215 
216 		DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_END(fPages[i]);
217 	}
218 
219 	// Free pages after failed I/O
220 	for (uint32 i = pagesTransferred; i < fPageCount; i++) {
221 		DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_TRANSFER(fPages[i], fAllocatingThread);
222 		fCache->NotifyPageEvents(fPages[i], PAGE_EVENT_NOT_BUSY);
223 		fCache->RemovePage(fPages[i]);
224 		vm_page_set_state(fPages[i], PAGE_STATE_FREE);
225 	}
226 
227 	delete this;
228 }
229 
230 
231 //	#pragma mark -
232 
233 
234 static void
235 add_to_iovec(generic_io_vec* vecs, uint32 &index, uint32 max,
236 	generic_addr_t address, generic_size_t size)
237 {
238 	if (index > 0 && vecs[index - 1].base + vecs[index - 1].length == address) {
239 		// the iovec can be combined with the previous one
240 		vecs[index - 1].length += size;
241 		return;
242 	}
243 
244 	if (index == max)
245 		panic("no more space for iovecs!");
246 
247 	// we need to start a new iovec
248 	vecs[index].base = address;
249 	vecs[index].length = size;
250 	index++;
251 }
252 
253 
254 static inline bool
255 access_is_sequential(file_cache_ref* ref)
256 {
257 	return ref->last_access[ref->last_access_index] != 0;
258 }
259 
260 
261 static inline void
262 push_access(file_cache_ref* ref, off_t offset, generic_size_t bytes,
263 	bool isWrite)
264 {
265 	TRACE(("%p: push %Ld, %ld, %s\n", ref, offset, bytes,
266 		isWrite ? "write" : "read"));
267 
268 	int32 index = ref->last_access_index;
269 	int32 previous = index - 1;
270 	if (previous < 0)
271 		previous = LAST_ACCESSES - 1;
272 
273 	if (offset != ref->LastAccess(previous, isWrite))
274 		ref->last_access[previous] = 0;
275 
276 	ref->SetLastAccess(index, offset + bytes, isWrite);
277 
278 	if (++index >= LAST_ACCESSES)
279 		index = 0;
280 	ref->last_access_index = index;
281 }
282 
283 
284 static void
285 reserve_pages(file_cache_ref* ref, vm_page_reservation* reservation,
286 	size_t reservePages, bool isWrite)
287 {
288 	if (low_resource_state(B_KERNEL_RESOURCE_PAGES) != B_NO_LOW_RESOURCE) {
289 		VMCache* cache = ref->cache;
290 		cache->Lock();
291 
292 		if (cache->consumers.IsEmpty() && cache->areas == NULL
293 			&& access_is_sequential(ref)) {
294 			// we are not mapped, and we're accessed sequentially
295 
296 			if (isWrite) {
297 				// Just write some pages back, and actually wait until they
298 				// have been written back in order to relieve the page pressure
299 				// a bit.
300 				int32 index = ref->last_access_index;
301 				int32 previous = index - 1;
302 				if (previous < 0)
303 					previous = LAST_ACCESSES - 1;
304 
305 				vm_page_write_modified_page_range(cache,
306 					ref->LastAccessPageOffset(previous, true),
307 					ref->LastAccessPageOffset(index, true));
308 			} else {
309 				// free some pages from our cache
310 				// TODO: start with oldest
311 				uint32 left = reservePages;
312 				vm_page* page;
313 				for (VMCachePagesTree::Iterator it = cache->pages.GetIterator();
314 						(page = it.Next()) != NULL && left > 0;) {
315 					if (page->State() == PAGE_STATE_CACHED && !page->busy) {
316 						DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_START(page);
317 						ASSERT(!page->IsMapped());
318 						ASSERT(!page->modified);
319 						cache->RemovePage(page);
320 						vm_page_set_state(page, PAGE_STATE_FREE);
321 						left--;
322 					}
323 				}
324 			}
325 		}
326 		cache->Unlock();
327 	}
328 
329 	vm_page_reserve_pages(reservation, reservePages, VM_PRIORITY_USER);
330 }
331 
332 
333 static inline status_t
334 read_pages_and_clear_partial(file_cache_ref* ref, void* cookie, off_t offset,
335 	const generic_io_vec* vecs, size_t count, uint32 flags,
336 	generic_size_t* _numBytes)
337 {
338 	generic_size_t bytesUntouched = *_numBytes;
339 
340 	status_t status = vfs_read_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset, vecs, count,
341 		flags, _numBytes);
342 
343 	generic_size_t bytesEnd = *_numBytes;
344 
345 	if (offset + (off_t)bytesEnd > ref->cache->virtual_end)
346 		bytesEnd = ref->cache->virtual_end - offset;
347 
348 	if (status == B_OK && bytesEnd < bytesUntouched) {
349 		// Clear out any leftovers that were not touched by the above read.
350 		// We're doing this here so that not every file system/device has to
351 		// implement this.
352 		bytesUntouched -= bytesEnd;
353 
354 		for (int32 i = count; i-- > 0 && bytesUntouched != 0; ) {
355 			generic_size_t length = min_c(bytesUntouched, vecs[i].length);
356 			vm_memset_physical(vecs[i].base + vecs[i].length - length, 0,
357 				length);
358 
359 			bytesUntouched -= length;
360 		}
361 	}
362 
363 	return status;
364 }
365 
366 
367 /*!	Reads the requested amount of data into the cache, and allocates
368 	pages needed to fulfill that request. This function is called by cache_io().
369 	It can only handle a certain amount of bytes, and the caller must make
370 	sure that it matches that criterion.
371 	The cache_ref lock must be held when calling this function; during
372 	operation it will unlock the cache, though.
373 */
374 static status_t
375 read_into_cache(file_cache_ref* ref, void* cookie, off_t offset,
376 	int32 pageOffset, addr_t buffer, size_t bufferSize, bool useBuffer,
377 	vm_page_reservation* reservation, size_t reservePages)
378 {
379 	TRACE(("read_into_cache(offset = %Ld, pageOffset = %ld, buffer = %#lx, "
380 		"bufferSize = %lu\n", offset, pageOffset, buffer, bufferSize));
381 
382 	VMCache* cache = ref->cache;
383 
384 	// TODO: We're using way too much stack! Rather allocate a sufficiently
385 	// large chunk on the heap.
386 	generic_io_vec vecs[MAX_IO_VECS];
387 	uint32 vecCount = 0;
388 
389 	generic_size_t numBytes = PAGE_ALIGN(pageOffset + bufferSize);
390 	vm_page* pages[MAX_IO_VECS];
391 	int32 pageIndex = 0;
392 
393 	// allocate pages for the cache and mark them busy
394 	for (generic_size_t pos = 0; pos < numBytes; pos += B_PAGE_SIZE) {
395 		vm_page* page = pages[pageIndex++] = vm_page_allocate_page(
396 			reservation, PAGE_STATE_CACHED | VM_PAGE_ALLOC_BUSY);
397 
398 		cache->InsertPage(page, offset + pos);
399 
400 		add_to_iovec(vecs, vecCount, MAX_IO_VECS,
401 			page->physical_page_number * B_PAGE_SIZE, B_PAGE_SIZE);
402 			// TODO: check if the array is large enough (currently panics)!
403 	}
404 
405 	push_access(ref, offset, bufferSize, false);
406 	cache->Unlock();
407 	vm_page_unreserve_pages(reservation);
408 
409 	// read file into reserved pages
410 	status_t status = read_pages_and_clear_partial(ref, cookie, offset, vecs,
411 		vecCount, B_PHYSICAL_IO_REQUEST, &numBytes);
412 	if (status != B_OK) {
413 		// reading failed, free allocated pages
414 
415 		dprintf("file_cache: read pages failed: %s\n", strerror(status));
416 
417 		cache->Lock();
418 
419 		for (int32 i = 0; i < pageIndex; i++) {
420 			cache->NotifyPageEvents(pages[i], PAGE_EVENT_NOT_BUSY);
421 			cache->RemovePage(pages[i]);
422 			vm_page_set_state(pages[i], PAGE_STATE_FREE);
423 		}
424 
425 		return status;
426 	}
427 
428 	// copy the pages if needed and unmap them again
429 
430 	for (int32 i = 0; i < pageIndex; i++) {
431 		if (useBuffer && bufferSize != 0) {
432 			size_t bytes = min_c(bufferSize, (size_t)B_PAGE_SIZE - pageOffset);
433 
434 			vm_memcpy_from_physical((void*)buffer,
435 				pages[i]->physical_page_number * B_PAGE_SIZE + pageOffset,
436 				bytes, IS_USER_ADDRESS(buffer));
437 
438 			buffer += bytes;
439 			bufferSize -= bytes;
440 			pageOffset = 0;
441 		}
442 	}
443 
444 	reserve_pages(ref, reservation, reservePages, false);
445 	cache->Lock();
446 
447 	// make the pages accessible in the cache
448 	for (int32 i = pageIndex; i-- > 0;) {
449 		DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_END(pages[i]);
450 
451 		cache->MarkPageUnbusy(pages[i]);
452 	}
453 
454 	return B_OK;
455 }
456 
457 
458 static status_t
459 read_from_file(file_cache_ref* ref, void* cookie, off_t offset,
460 	int32 pageOffset, addr_t buffer, size_t bufferSize, bool useBuffer,
461 	vm_page_reservation* reservation, size_t reservePages)
462 {
463 	TRACE(("read_from_file(offset = %Ld, pageOffset = %ld, buffer = %#lx, "
464 		"bufferSize = %lu\n", offset, pageOffset, buffer, bufferSize));
465 
466 	if (!useBuffer)
467 		return B_OK;
468 
469 	generic_io_vec vec;
470 	vec.base = buffer;
471 	vec.length = bufferSize;
472 
473 	push_access(ref, offset, bufferSize, false);
474 	ref->cache->Unlock();
475 	vm_page_unreserve_pages(reservation);
476 
477 	generic_size_t toRead = bufferSize;
478 	status_t status = vfs_read_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset + pageOffset,
479 		&vec, 1, 0, &toRead);
480 
481 	if (status == B_OK)
482 		reserve_pages(ref, reservation, reservePages, false);
483 
484 	ref->cache->Lock();
485 
486 	return status;
487 }
488 
489 
490 /*!	Like read_into_cache() but writes data into the cache.
491 	To preserve data consistency, it might also read pages into the cache,
492 	though, if only a partial page gets written.
493 	The same restrictions apply.
494 */
495 static status_t
496 write_to_cache(file_cache_ref* ref, void* cookie, off_t offset,
497 	int32 pageOffset, addr_t buffer, size_t bufferSize, bool useBuffer,
498 	vm_page_reservation* reservation, size_t reservePages)
499 {
500 	// TODO: We're using way too much stack! Rather allocate a sufficiently
501 	// large chunk on the heap.
502 	generic_io_vec vecs[MAX_IO_VECS];
503 	uint32 vecCount = 0;
504 	generic_size_t numBytes = PAGE_ALIGN(pageOffset + bufferSize);
505 	vm_page* pages[MAX_IO_VECS];
506 	int32 pageIndex = 0;
507 	status_t status = B_OK;
508 
509 	// ToDo: this should be settable somewhere
510 	bool writeThrough = false;
511 
512 	// allocate pages for the cache and mark them busy
513 	for (generic_size_t pos = 0; pos < numBytes; pos += B_PAGE_SIZE) {
514 		// TODO: if space is becoming tight, and this cache is already grown
515 		//	big - shouldn't we better steal the pages directly in that case?
516 		//	(a working set like approach for the file cache)
517 		// TODO: the pages we allocate here should have been reserved upfront
518 		//	in cache_io()
519 		vm_page* page = pages[pageIndex++] = vm_page_allocate_page(
520 			reservation,
521 			(writeThrough ? PAGE_STATE_CACHED : PAGE_STATE_MODIFIED)
522 				| VM_PAGE_ALLOC_BUSY);
523 
524 		page->modified = !writeThrough;
525 
526 		ref->cache->InsertPage(page, offset + pos);
527 
528 		add_to_iovec(vecs, vecCount, MAX_IO_VECS,
529 			page->physical_page_number * B_PAGE_SIZE, B_PAGE_SIZE);
530 	}
531 
532 	push_access(ref, offset, bufferSize, true);
533 	ref->cache->Unlock();
534 	vm_page_unreserve_pages(reservation);
535 
536 	// copy contents (and read in partially written pages first)
537 
538 	if (pageOffset != 0) {
539 		// This is only a partial write, so we have to read the rest of the page
540 		// from the file to have consistent data in the cache
541 		generic_io_vec readVec = { vecs[0].base, B_PAGE_SIZE };
542 		generic_size_t bytesRead = B_PAGE_SIZE;
543 
544 		status = vfs_read_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset, &readVec, 1,
545 			B_PHYSICAL_IO_REQUEST, &bytesRead);
546 		// ToDo: handle errors for real!
547 		if (status < B_OK)
548 			panic("1. vfs_read_pages() failed: %s!\n", strerror(status));
549 	}
550 
551 	size_t lastPageOffset = (pageOffset + bufferSize) % B_PAGE_SIZE;
552 	if (lastPageOffset != 0) {
553 		// get the last page in the I/O vectors
554 		generic_addr_t last = vecs[vecCount - 1].base
555 			+ vecs[vecCount - 1].length - B_PAGE_SIZE;
556 
557 		if ((off_t)(offset + pageOffset + bufferSize) == ref->cache->virtual_end) {
558 			// the space in the page after this write action needs to be cleaned
559 			vm_memset_physical(last + lastPageOffset, 0,
560 				B_PAGE_SIZE - lastPageOffset);
561 		} else {
562 			// the end of this write does not happen on a page boundary, so we
563 			// need to fetch the last page before we can update it
564 			generic_io_vec readVec = { last, B_PAGE_SIZE };
565 			generic_size_t bytesRead = B_PAGE_SIZE;
566 
567 			status = vfs_read_pages(ref->vnode, cookie,
568 				PAGE_ALIGN(offset + pageOffset + bufferSize) - B_PAGE_SIZE,
569 				&readVec, 1, B_PHYSICAL_IO_REQUEST, &bytesRead);
570 			// ToDo: handle errors for real!
571 			if (status < B_OK)
572 				panic("vfs_read_pages() failed: %s!\n", strerror(status));
573 
574 			if (bytesRead < B_PAGE_SIZE) {
575 				// the space beyond the file size needs to be cleaned
576 				vm_memset_physical(last + bytesRead, 0,
577 					B_PAGE_SIZE - bytesRead);
578 			}
579 		}
580 	}
581 
582 	for (uint32 i = 0; i < vecCount; i++) {
583 		generic_addr_t base = vecs[i].base;
584 		generic_size_t bytes = min_c((generic_size_t)bufferSize,
585 			generic_size_t(vecs[i].length - pageOffset));
586 
587 		if (useBuffer) {
588 			// copy data from user buffer
589 			vm_memcpy_to_physical(base + pageOffset, (void*)buffer, bytes,
590 				IS_USER_ADDRESS(buffer));
591 		} else {
592 			// clear buffer instead
593 			vm_memset_physical(base + pageOffset, 0, bytes);
594 		}
595 
596 		bufferSize -= bytes;
597 		if (bufferSize == 0)
598 			break;
599 
600 		buffer += bytes;
601 		pageOffset = 0;
602 	}
603 
604 	if (writeThrough) {
605 		// write cached pages back to the file if we were asked to do that
606 		status_t status = vfs_write_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset, vecs,
607 			vecCount, B_PHYSICAL_IO_REQUEST, &numBytes);
608 		if (status < B_OK) {
609 			// ToDo: remove allocated pages, ...?
610 			panic("file_cache: remove allocated pages! write pages failed: %s\n",
611 				strerror(status));
612 		}
613 	}
614 
615 	if (status == B_OK)
616 		reserve_pages(ref, reservation, reservePages, true);
617 
618 	ref->cache->Lock();
619 
620 	// make the pages accessible in the cache
621 	for (int32 i = pageIndex; i-- > 0;) {
622 		ref->cache->MarkPageUnbusy(pages[i]);
623 
624 		DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_END(pages[i]);
625 	}
626 
627 	return status;
628 }
629 
630 
631 static status_t
632 write_to_file(file_cache_ref* ref, void* cookie, off_t offset, int32 pageOffset,
633 	addr_t buffer, size_t bufferSize, bool useBuffer,
634 	vm_page_reservation* reservation, size_t reservePages)
635 {
636 	push_access(ref, offset, bufferSize, true);
637 	ref->cache->Unlock();
638 	vm_page_unreserve_pages(reservation);
639 
640 	status_t status = B_OK;
641 
642 	if (!useBuffer) {
643 		while (bufferSize > 0) {
644 			generic_size_t written = min_c(bufferSize, kZeroVecSize);
645 			status = vfs_write_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset + pageOffset,
646 				sZeroVecs, kZeroVecCount, B_PHYSICAL_IO_REQUEST, &written);
647 			if (status != B_OK)
648 				return status;
649 			if (written == 0)
650 				return B_ERROR;
651 
652 			bufferSize -= written;
653 			pageOffset += written;
654 		}
655 	} else {
656 		generic_io_vec vec;
657 		vec.base = buffer;
658 		vec.length = bufferSize;
659 		generic_size_t toWrite = bufferSize;
660 		status = vfs_write_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset + pageOffset,
661 			&vec, 1, 0, &toWrite);
662 	}
663 
664 	if (status == B_OK)
665 		reserve_pages(ref, reservation, reservePages, true);
666 
667 	ref->cache->Lock();
668 
669 	return status;
670 }
671 
672 
673 static inline status_t
674 satisfy_cache_io(file_cache_ref* ref, void* cookie, cache_func function,
675 	off_t offset, addr_t buffer, bool useBuffer, int32 &pageOffset,
676 	size_t bytesLeft, size_t &reservePages, off_t &lastOffset,
677 	addr_t &lastBuffer, int32 &lastPageOffset, size_t &lastLeft,
678 	size_t &lastReservedPages, vm_page_reservation* reservation)
679 {
680 	if (lastBuffer == buffer)
681 		return B_OK;
682 
683 	size_t requestSize = buffer - lastBuffer;
684 	reservePages = min_c(MAX_IO_VECS, (lastLeft - requestSize
685 		+ lastPageOffset + B_PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
686 
687 	status_t status = function(ref, cookie, lastOffset, lastPageOffset,
688 		lastBuffer, requestSize, useBuffer, reservation, reservePages);
689 	if (status == B_OK) {
690 		lastReservedPages = reservePages;
691 		lastBuffer = buffer;
692 		lastLeft = bytesLeft;
693 		lastOffset = offset;
694 		lastPageOffset = 0;
695 		pageOffset = 0;
696 	}
697 	return status;
698 }
699 
700 
701 static status_t
702 cache_io(void* _cacheRef, void* cookie, off_t offset, addr_t buffer,
703 	size_t* _size, bool doWrite)
704 {
705 	if (_cacheRef == NULL)
706 		panic("cache_io() called with NULL ref!\n");
707 
708 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
709 	VMCache* cache = ref->cache;
710 	bool useBuffer = buffer != 0;
711 
712 	TRACE(("cache_io(ref = %p, offset = %Ld, buffer = %p, size = %lu, %s)\n",
713 		ref, offset, (void*)buffer, *_size, doWrite ? "write" : "read"));
714 
715 	int32 pageOffset = offset & (B_PAGE_SIZE - 1);
716 	size_t size = *_size;
717 	offset -= pageOffset;
718 
719 	// "offset" and "lastOffset" are always aligned to B_PAGE_SIZE,
720 	// the "last*" variables always point to the end of the last
721 	// satisfied request part
722 
723 	const uint32 kMaxChunkSize = MAX_IO_VECS * B_PAGE_SIZE;
724 	size_t bytesLeft = size, lastLeft = size;
725 	int32 lastPageOffset = pageOffset;
726 	addr_t lastBuffer = buffer;
727 	off_t lastOffset = offset;
728 	size_t lastReservedPages = min_c(MAX_IO_VECS, (pageOffset + bytesLeft
729 		+ B_PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
730 	size_t reservePages = 0;
731 	size_t pagesProcessed = 0;
732 	cache_func function = NULL;
733 
734 	vm_page_reservation reservation;
735 	reserve_pages(ref, &reservation, lastReservedPages, doWrite);
736 
737 	AutoLocker<VMCache> locker(cache);
738 
739 	while (bytesLeft > 0) {
740 		// Periodically reevaluate the low memory situation and select the
741 		// read/write hook accordingly
742 		if (pagesProcessed % 32 == 0) {
743 			if (size >= BYPASS_IO_SIZE
744 				&& low_resource_state(B_KERNEL_RESOURCE_PAGES)
745 					!= B_NO_LOW_RESOURCE) {
746 				// In low memory situations we bypass the cache beyond a
747 				// certain I/O size.
748 				function = doWrite ? write_to_file : read_from_file;
749 			} else
750 				function = doWrite ? write_to_cache : read_into_cache;
751 		}
752 
753 		// check if this page is already in memory
754 		vm_page* page = cache->LookupPage(offset);
755 		if (page != NULL) {
756 			// The page may be busy - since we need to unlock the cache sometime
757 			// in the near future, we need to satisfy the request of the pages
758 			// we didn't get yet (to make sure no one else interferes in the
759 			// meantime).
760 			status_t status = satisfy_cache_io(ref, cookie, function, offset,
761 				buffer, useBuffer, pageOffset, bytesLeft, reservePages,
762 				lastOffset, lastBuffer, lastPageOffset, lastLeft,
763 				lastReservedPages, &reservation);
764 			if (status != B_OK)
765 				return status;
766 
767 			// Since satisfy_cache_io() unlocks the cache, we need to look up
768 			// the page again.
769 			page = cache->LookupPage(offset);
770 			if (page != NULL && page->busy) {
771 				cache->WaitForPageEvents(page, PAGE_EVENT_NOT_BUSY, true);
772 				continue;
773 			}
774 		}
775 
776 		size_t bytesInPage = min_c(size_t(B_PAGE_SIZE - pageOffset), bytesLeft);
777 
778 		TRACE(("lookup page from offset %Ld: %p, size = %lu, pageOffset "
779 			"= %lu\n", offset, page, bytesLeft, pageOffset));
780 
781 		if (page != NULL) {
782 			if (doWrite || useBuffer) {
783 				// Since the following user_mem{cpy,set}() might cause a page
784 				// fault, which in turn might cause pages to be reserved, we
785 				// need to unlock the cache temporarily to avoid a potential
786 				// deadlock. To make sure that our page doesn't go away, we mark
787 				// it busy for the time.
788 				page->busy = true;
789 				locker.Unlock();
790 
791 				// copy the contents of the page already in memory
792 				phys_addr_t pageAddress
793 					= (phys_addr_t)page->physical_page_number * B_PAGE_SIZE
794 						+ pageOffset;
795 				bool userBuffer = IS_USER_ADDRESS(buffer);
796 				if (doWrite) {
797 					if (useBuffer) {
798 						vm_memcpy_to_physical(pageAddress, (void*)buffer,
799 							bytesInPage, userBuffer);
800 					} else {
801 						vm_memset_physical(pageAddress, 0, bytesInPage);
802 					}
803 				} else if (useBuffer) {
804 					vm_memcpy_from_physical((void*)buffer, pageAddress,
805 						bytesInPage, userBuffer);
806 				}
807 
808 				locker.Lock();
809 
810 				if (doWrite) {
811 					DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_START(page);
812 
813 					page->modified = true;
814 
815 					if (page->State() != PAGE_STATE_MODIFIED)
816 						vm_page_set_state(page, PAGE_STATE_MODIFIED);
817 
818 					DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_END(page);
819 				}
820 
821 				cache->MarkPageUnbusy(page);
822 			}
823 
824 			// If it is cached only, requeue the page, so the respective queue
825 			// roughly remains LRU first sorted.
826 			if (page->State() == PAGE_STATE_CACHED
827 					|| page->State() == PAGE_STATE_MODIFIED) {
828 				DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_START(page);
829 				vm_page_requeue(page, true);
830 				DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_END(page);
831 			}
832 
833 			if (bytesLeft <= bytesInPage) {
834 				// we've read the last page, so we're done!
835 				locker.Unlock();
836 				vm_page_unreserve_pages(&reservation);
837 				return B_OK;
838 			}
839 
840 			// prepare a potential gap request
841 			lastBuffer = buffer + bytesInPage;
842 			lastLeft = bytesLeft - bytesInPage;
843 			lastOffset = offset + B_PAGE_SIZE;
844 			lastPageOffset = 0;
845 		}
846 
847 		if (bytesLeft <= bytesInPage)
848 			break;
849 
850 		buffer += bytesInPage;
851 		bytesLeft -= bytesInPage;
852 		pageOffset = 0;
853 		offset += B_PAGE_SIZE;
854 		pagesProcessed++;
855 
856 		if (buffer - lastBuffer + lastPageOffset >= kMaxChunkSize) {
857 			status_t status = satisfy_cache_io(ref, cookie, function, offset,
858 				buffer, useBuffer, pageOffset, bytesLeft, reservePages,
859 				lastOffset, lastBuffer, lastPageOffset, lastLeft,
860 				lastReservedPages, &reservation);
861 			if (status != B_OK)
862 				return status;
863 		}
864 	}
865 
866 	// fill the last remaining bytes of the request (either write or read)
867 
868 	return function(ref, cookie, lastOffset, lastPageOffset, lastBuffer,
869 		lastLeft, useBuffer, &reservation, 0);
870 }
871 
872 
873 static status_t
874 file_cache_control(const char* subsystem, uint32 function, void* buffer,
875 	size_t bufferSize)
876 {
877 	switch (function) {
878 		case CACHE_CLEAR:
879 			// ToDo: clear the cache
880 			dprintf("cache_control: clear cache!\n");
881 			return B_OK;
882 
883 		case CACHE_SET_MODULE:
884 		{
885 			cache_module_info* module = sCacheModule;
886 
887 			// unset previous module
888 
889 			if (sCacheModule != NULL) {
890 				sCacheModule = NULL;
891 				snooze(100000);	// 0.1 secs
892 				put_module(module->info.name);
893 			}
894 
895 			// get new module, if any
896 
897 			if (buffer == NULL)
898 				return B_OK;
899 
900 			char name[B_FILE_NAME_LENGTH];
901 			if (!IS_USER_ADDRESS(buffer)
902 				|| user_strlcpy(name, (char*)buffer,
903 						B_FILE_NAME_LENGTH) < B_OK)
904 				return B_BAD_ADDRESS;
905 
906 			if (strncmp(name, CACHE_MODULES_NAME, strlen(CACHE_MODULES_NAME)))
907 				return B_BAD_VALUE;
908 
909 			dprintf("cache_control: set module %s!\n", name);
910 
911 			status_t status = get_module(name, (module_info**)&module);
912 			if (status == B_OK)
913 				sCacheModule = module;
914 
915 			return status;
916 		}
917 	}
918 
919 	return B_BAD_HANDLER;
920 }
921 
922 
923 //	#pragma mark - private kernel API
924 
925 
926 extern "C" void
927 cache_prefetch_vnode(struct vnode* vnode, off_t offset, size_t size)
928 {
929 	if (size == 0)
930 		return;
931 
932 	VMCache* cache;
933 	if (vfs_get_vnode_cache(vnode, &cache, false) != B_OK)
934 		return;
935 	if (cache->type != CACHE_TYPE_VNODE)
936 		return;
937 
938 	file_cache_ref* ref = ((VMVnodeCache*)cache)->FileCacheRef();
939 	off_t fileSize = cache->virtual_end;
940 
941 	if ((off_t)(offset + size) > fileSize)
942 		size = fileSize - offset;
943 
944 	// "offset" and "size" are always aligned to B_PAGE_SIZE,
945 	offset = ROUNDDOWN(offset, B_PAGE_SIZE);
946 	size = ROUNDUP(size, B_PAGE_SIZE);
947 
948 	size_t reservePages = size / B_PAGE_SIZE;
949 
950 	// Don't do anything if we don't have the resources left, or the cache
951 	// already contains more than 2/3 of its pages
952 	if (offset >= fileSize || vm_page_num_unused_pages() < 2 * reservePages
953 		|| 3 * cache->page_count > 2 * fileSize / B_PAGE_SIZE) {
954 		cache->ReleaseRef();
955 		return;
956 	}
957 
958 	size_t bytesToRead = 0;
959 	off_t lastOffset = offset;
960 
961 	vm_page_reservation reservation;
962 	vm_page_reserve_pages(&reservation, reservePages, VM_PRIORITY_USER);
963 
964 	cache->Lock();
965 
966 	while (true) {
967 		// check if this page is already in memory
968 		if (size > 0) {
969 			vm_page* page = cache->LookupPage(offset);
970 
971 			offset += B_PAGE_SIZE;
972 			size -= B_PAGE_SIZE;
973 
974 			if (page == NULL) {
975 				bytesToRead += B_PAGE_SIZE;
976 				continue;
977 			}
978 		}
979 		if (bytesToRead != 0) {
980 			// read the part before the current page (or the end of the request)
981 			PrecacheIO* io = new(std::nothrow) PrecacheIO(ref, lastOffset,
982 				bytesToRead);
983 			if (io == NULL || io->Prepare(&reservation) != B_OK) {
984 				delete io;
985 				break;
986 			}
987 
988 			// we must not have the cache locked during I/O
989 			cache->Unlock();
990 			io->ReadAsync();
991 			cache->Lock();
992 
993 			bytesToRead = 0;
994 		}
995 
996 		if (size == 0) {
997 			// we have reached the end of the request
998 			break;
999 		}
1000 
1001 		lastOffset = offset;
1002 	}
1003 
1004 	cache->ReleaseRefAndUnlock();
1005 	vm_page_unreserve_pages(&reservation);
1006 }
1007 
1008 
1009 extern "C" void
1010 cache_prefetch(dev_t mountID, ino_t vnodeID, off_t offset, size_t size)
1011 {
1012 	// ToDo: schedule prefetch
1013 
1014 	TRACE(("cache_prefetch(vnode %ld:%Ld)\n", mountID, vnodeID));
1015 
1016 	// get the vnode for the object, this also grabs a ref to it
1017 	struct vnode* vnode;
1018 	if (vfs_get_vnode(mountID, vnodeID, true, &vnode) != B_OK)
1019 		return;
1020 
1021 	cache_prefetch_vnode(vnode, offset, size);
1022 	vfs_put_vnode(vnode);
1023 }
1024 
1025 
1026 extern "C" void
1027 cache_node_opened(struct vnode* vnode, int32 fdType, VMCache* cache,
1028 	dev_t mountID, ino_t parentID, ino_t vnodeID, const char* name)
1029 {
1030 	if (sCacheModule == NULL || sCacheModule->node_opened == NULL)
1031 		return;
1032 
1033 	off_t size = -1;
1034 	if (cache != NULL && cache->type == CACHE_TYPE_VNODE) {
1035 		file_cache_ref* ref = ((VMVnodeCache*)cache)->FileCacheRef();
1036 		if (ref != NULL)
1037 			size = cache->virtual_end;
1038 	}
1039 
1040 	sCacheModule->node_opened(vnode, fdType, mountID, parentID, vnodeID, name,
1041 		size);
1042 }
1043 
1044 
1045 extern "C" void
1046 cache_node_closed(struct vnode* vnode, int32 fdType, VMCache* cache,
1047 	dev_t mountID, ino_t vnodeID)
1048 {
1049 	if (sCacheModule == NULL || sCacheModule->node_closed == NULL)
1050 		return;
1051 
1052 	int32 accessType = 0;
1053 	if (cache != NULL && cache->type == CACHE_TYPE_VNODE) {
1054 		// ToDo: set accessType
1055 	}
1056 
1057 	sCacheModule->node_closed(vnode, fdType, mountID, vnodeID, accessType);
1058 }
1059 
1060 
1061 extern "C" void
1062 cache_node_launched(size_t argCount, char*  const* args)
1063 {
1064 	if (sCacheModule == NULL || sCacheModule->node_launched == NULL)
1065 		return;
1066 
1067 	sCacheModule->node_launched(argCount, args);
1068 }
1069 
1070 
1071 extern "C" status_t
1072 file_cache_init_post_boot_device(void)
1073 {
1074 	// ToDo: get cache module out of driver settings
1075 
1076 	if (get_module("file_cache/launch_speedup/v1",
1077 			(module_info**)&sCacheModule) == B_OK) {
1078 		dprintf("** opened launch speedup: %" B_PRId64 "\n", system_time());
1079 	}
1080 	return B_OK;
1081 }
1082 
1083 
1084 extern "C" status_t
1085 file_cache_init(void)
1086 {
1087 	// allocate a clean page we can use for writing zeroes
1088 	vm_page_reservation reservation;
1089 	vm_page_reserve_pages(&reservation, 1, VM_PRIORITY_SYSTEM);
1090 	vm_page* page = vm_page_allocate_page(&reservation,
1091 		PAGE_STATE_WIRED | VM_PAGE_ALLOC_CLEAR);
1092 	vm_page_unreserve_pages(&reservation);
1093 
1094 	sZeroPage = (phys_addr_t)page->physical_page_number * B_PAGE_SIZE;
1095 
1096 	for (uint32 i = 0; i < kZeroVecCount; i++) {
1097 		sZeroVecs[i].base = sZeroPage;
1098 		sZeroVecs[i].length = B_PAGE_SIZE;
1099 	}
1100 
1101 	register_generic_syscall(CACHE_SYSCALLS, file_cache_control, 1, 0);
1102 	return B_OK;
1103 }
1104 
1105 
1106 //	#pragma mark - public FS API
1107 
1108 
1109 extern "C" void*
1110 file_cache_create(dev_t mountID, ino_t vnodeID, off_t size)
1111 {
1112 	TRACE(("file_cache_create(mountID = %ld, vnodeID = %Ld, size = %Ld)\n",
1113 		mountID, vnodeID, size));
1114 
1115 	file_cache_ref* ref = new file_cache_ref;
1116 	if (ref == NULL)
1117 		return NULL;
1118 
1119 	memset(ref->last_access, 0, sizeof(ref->last_access));
1120 	ref->last_access_index = 0;
1121 	ref->disabled_count = 0;
1122 
1123 	// TODO: delay VMCache creation until data is
1124 	//	requested/written for the first time? Listing lots of
1125 	//	files in Tracker (and elsewhere) could be slowed down.
1126 	//	Since the file_cache_ref itself doesn't have a lock,
1127 	//	we would need to "rent" one during construction, possibly
1128 	//	the vnode lock, maybe a dedicated one.
1129 	//	As there shouldn't be too much contention, we could also
1130 	//	use atomic_test_and_set(), and free the resources again
1131 	//	when that fails...
1132 
1133 	// Get the vnode for the object
1134 	// (note, this does not grab a reference to the node)
1135 	if (vfs_lookup_vnode(mountID, vnodeID, &ref->vnode) != B_OK)
1136 		goto err1;
1137 
1138 	// Gets (usually creates) the cache for the node
1139 	if (vfs_get_vnode_cache(ref->vnode, &ref->cache, true) != B_OK)
1140 		goto err1;
1141 
1142 	ref->cache->virtual_end = size;
1143 	((VMVnodeCache*)ref->cache)->SetFileCacheRef(ref);
1144 	return ref;
1145 
1146 err1:
1147 	delete ref;
1148 	return NULL;
1149 }
1150 
1151 
1152 extern "C" void
1153 file_cache_delete(void* _cacheRef)
1154 {
1155 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
1156 
1157 	if (ref == NULL)
1158 		return;
1159 
1160 	TRACE(("file_cache_delete(ref = %p)\n", ref));
1161 
1162 	ref->cache->ReleaseRef();
1163 	delete ref;
1164 }
1165 
1166 
1167 extern "C" void
1168 file_cache_enable(void* _cacheRef)
1169 {
1170 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
1171 
1172 	AutoLocker<VMCache> _(ref->cache);
1173 
1174 	if (ref->disabled_count == 0) {
1175 		panic("Unbalanced file_cache_enable()!");
1176 		return;
1177 	}
1178 
1179 	ref->disabled_count--;
1180 }
1181 
1182 
1183 extern "C" status_t
1184 file_cache_disable(void* _cacheRef)
1185 {
1186 	// TODO: This function only removes all pages from the cache and prevents
1187 	// that the file cache functions add any new ones until re-enabled. The
1188 	// VM (on page fault) can still add pages, if the file is mmap()ed. We
1189 	// should mark the cache to prevent shared mappings of the file and fix
1190 	// the page fault code to deal correctly with private mappings (i.e. only
1191 	// insert pages in consumer caches).
1192 
1193 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
1194 
1195 	AutoLocker<VMCache> _(ref->cache);
1196 
1197 	// If already disabled, there's nothing to do for us.
1198 	if (ref->disabled_count > 0) {
1199 		ref->disabled_count++;
1200 		return B_OK;
1201 	}
1202 
1203 	// The file cache is not yet disabled. We need to evict all cached pages.
1204 	status_t error = ref->cache->FlushAndRemoveAllPages();
1205 	if (error != B_OK)
1206 		return error;
1207 
1208 	ref->disabled_count++;
1209 	return B_OK;
1210 }
1211 
1212 
1213 extern "C" bool
1214 file_cache_is_enabled(void* _cacheRef)
1215 {
1216 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
1217 	AutoLocker<VMCache> _(ref->cache);
1218 
1219 	return ref->disabled_count == 0;
1220 }
1221 
1222 
1223 extern "C" status_t
1224 file_cache_set_size(void* _cacheRef, off_t newSize)
1225 {
1226 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
1227 
1228 	TRACE(("file_cache_set_size(ref = %p, size = %Ld)\n", ref, newSize));
1229 
1230 	if (ref == NULL)
1231 		return B_OK;
1232 
1233 	VMCache* cache = ref->cache;
1234 	AutoLocker<VMCache> _(cache);
1235 
1236 	off_t oldSize = cache->virtual_end;
1237 	status_t status = cache->Resize(newSize, VM_PRIORITY_USER);
1238 		// Note, the priority doesn't really matter, since this cache doesn't
1239 		// reserve any memory.
1240 	if (status == B_OK && newSize < oldSize) {
1241 		// We may have a new partial page at the end of the cache that must be
1242 		// cleared.
1243 		uint32 partialBytes = newSize % B_PAGE_SIZE;
1244 		if (partialBytes != 0) {
1245 			vm_page* page = cache->LookupPage(newSize - partialBytes);
1246 			if (page != NULL) {
1247 				vm_memset_physical(page->physical_page_number * B_PAGE_SIZE
1248 					+ partialBytes, 0, B_PAGE_SIZE - partialBytes);
1249 			}
1250 		}
1251 	}
1252 
1253 	return status;
1254 }
1255 
1256 
1257 extern "C" status_t
1258 file_cache_sync(void* _cacheRef)
1259 {
1260 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
1261 	if (ref == NULL)
1262 		return B_BAD_VALUE;
1263 
1264 	return ref->cache->WriteModified();
1265 }
1266 
1267 
1268 extern "C" status_t
1269 file_cache_read(void* _cacheRef, void* cookie, off_t offset, void* buffer,
1270 	size_t* _size)
1271 {
1272 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
1273 
1274 	TRACE(("file_cache_read(ref = %p, offset = %Ld, buffer = %p, size = %lu)\n",
1275 		ref, offset, buffer, *_size));
1276 
1277 	// Bounds checking. We do this here so it applies to uncached I/O.
1278 	if (offset < 0)
1279 		return B_BAD_VALUE;
1280 	const off_t fileSize = ref->cache->virtual_end;
1281 	if (offset >= fileSize || *_size == 0) {
1282 		*_size = 0;
1283 		return B_OK;
1284 	}
1285 	if ((off_t)(offset + *_size) > fileSize)
1286 		*_size = fileSize - offset;
1287 
1288 	if (ref->disabled_count > 0) {
1289 		// Caching is disabled -- read directly from the file.
1290 		generic_io_vec vec;
1291 		vec.base = (addr_t)buffer;
1292 		generic_size_t size = vec.length = *_size;
1293 		status_t error = vfs_read_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset, &vec, 1, 0,
1294 			&size);
1295 		*_size = size;
1296 		return error;
1297 	}
1298 
1299 	return cache_io(ref, cookie, offset, (addr_t)buffer, _size, false);
1300 }
1301 
1302 
1303 extern "C" status_t
1304 file_cache_write(void* _cacheRef, void* cookie, off_t offset,
1305 	const void* buffer, size_t* _size)
1306 {
1307 	file_cache_ref* ref = (file_cache_ref*)_cacheRef;
1308 
1309 	// We don't do bounds checking here, as we are relying on the
1310 	// file system which called us to already have done that and made
1311 	// adjustments as necessary, unlike in read().
1312 
1313 	if (ref->disabled_count > 0) {
1314 		// Caching is disabled -- write directly to the file.
1315 
1316 		if (buffer != NULL) {
1317 			generic_io_vec vec;
1318 			vec.base = (addr_t)buffer;
1319 			generic_size_t size = vec.length = *_size;
1320 
1321 			status_t error = vfs_write_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset, &vec,
1322 				1, 0, &size);
1323 			*_size = size;
1324 			return error;
1325 		}
1326 
1327 		// NULL buffer -- use a dummy buffer to write zeroes
1328 		size_t size = *_size;
1329 		while (size > 0) {
1330 			size_t toWrite = min_c(size, kZeroVecSize);
1331 			generic_size_t written = toWrite;
1332 			status_t error = vfs_write_pages(ref->vnode, cookie, offset,
1333 				sZeroVecs, kZeroVecCount, B_PHYSICAL_IO_REQUEST, &written);
1334 			if (error != B_OK)
1335 				return error;
1336 			if (written == 0)
1337 				break;
1338 
1339 			offset += written;
1340 			size -= written;
1341 		}
1342 
1343 		*_size -= size;
1344 		return B_OK;
1345 	}
1346 
1347 	status_t status = cache_io(ref, cookie, offset,
1348 		(addr_t)const_cast<void*>(buffer), _size, true);
1349 
1350 	TRACE(("file_cache_write(ref = %p, offset = %Ld, buffer = %p, size = %lu)"
1351 		" = %ld\n", ref, offset, buffer, *_size, status));
1352 
1353 	return status;
1354 }
1355