optimization use small blocks up to 64KB (#17107)

cmd/xl-storage.go

@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ func newXLStorage(ep Endpoint, cleanUp bool) (s *xlStorage, err error) {
 	if err := s.checkODirectDiskSupport(); err == nil {
 		s.oDirect = true
 	} else {
-		if globalIsErasureSD && errors.Is(err, errUnsupportedDisk) {
+		// Allow if unsupported platform or single disk.
+		if errors.Is(err, errUnsupportedDisk) && globalIsErasureSD || !disk.ODirectPlatform {
 			s.oDirect = false
 		} else {
 			return s, err
@@ -375,6 +376,10 @@ func (s *xlStorage) Healing() *healingTracker {
 // with O_DIRECT support, return an error if any and return
 // errUnsupportedDisk if there is no O_DIRECT support
 func (s *xlStorage) checkODirectDiskSupport() error {
+	if !disk.ODirectPlatform {
+		return errUnsupportedDisk
+	}
+
 	// Check if backend is writable and supports O_DIRECT
 	uuid := mustGetUUID()
 	filePath := pathJoin(s.diskPath, ".writable-check-"+uuid+".tmp")
@@ -1498,16 +1503,23 @@ func (s *xlStorage) readAllData(ctx context.Context, volumeDir string, filePath
 		}
 		return nil, dmTime, err
 	}
-	r := &xioutil.ODirectReader{
-		File:      f,
-		SmallFile: true,
+	r := io.Reader(f)
+	var dr *xioutil.ODirectReader
+	if odirectEnabled {
+		dr = &xioutil.ODirectReader{
+			File:      f,
+			SmallFile: true,
+		}
+		defer dr.Close()
+		r = dr
+	} else {
+		defer f.Close()
 	}
-	defer r.Close()
 
 	// Get size for precise allocation.
 	stat, err := f.Stat()
 	if err != nil {
-		buf, err = io.ReadAll(r)
+		buf, err = io.ReadAll(diskHealthReader(ctx, r))
 		return buf, dmTime, osErrToFileErr(err)
 	}
 	if stat.IsDir() {
@@ -1522,6 +1534,9 @@ func (s *xlStorage) readAllData(ctx context.Context, volumeDir string, filePath
 	} else {
 		buf = make([]byte, sz)
 	}
+	if dr != nil {
+		dr.SmallFile = sz <= xioutil.BlockSizeSmall*2
+	}
 	// Read file...
 	_, err = io.ReadFull(diskHealthReader(ctx, r), buf)
 

internal/disk/directio_darwin.go

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+// ODirectPlatform indicates if the platform supports O_DIRECT
+const ODirectPlatform = true
+
 // OpenFileDirectIO - bypass kernel cache.
 func OpenFileDirectIO(filePath string, flag int, perm os.FileMode) (*os.File, error) {
 	return directio.OpenFile(filePath, flag, perm)

internal/disk/directio_unix.go

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+// ODirectPlatform indicates if the platform supports O_DIRECT
+const ODirectPlatform = true
+
 // OpenFileDirectIO - bypass kernel cache.
 func OpenFileDirectIO(filePath string, flag int, perm os.FileMode) (*os.File, error) {
 	return directio.OpenFile(filePath, flag, perm)

internal/disk/directio_unsupported.go

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
+// ODirectPlatform indicates if the platform supports O_DIRECT
+const ODirectPlatform = false
+
 // OpenBSD, Windows, and illumos do not support O_DIRECT.
 // On Windows there is no documentation on disabling O_DIRECT.
 // For these systems we do not attempt to build the 'directio' dependency since

internal/ioutil/read_file.go

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ var (
 // ReadFileWithFileInfo reads the named file and returns the contents.
 // A successful call returns err == nil, not err == EOF.
 // Because ReadFile reads the whole file, it does not treat an EOF from Read
-// as an error to be reported, additionall returns os.FileInfo
+// as an error to be reported.
 func ReadFileWithFileInfo(name string) ([]byte, fs.FileInfo, error) {
-	f, err := OsOpen(name)
+	f, err := OsOpenFile(name, readMode, 0o666)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ func ReadFileWithFileInfo(name string) ([]byte, fs.FileInfo, error) {
 //
 // passes NOATIME flag for reads on Unix systems to avoid atime updates.
 func ReadFile(name string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if !disk.ODirectPlatform {
+		// Don't wrap with un-needed buffer.
+		// Don't use os.ReadFile, since it doesn't pass NO_ATIME when present.
+		f, err := OsOpenFile(name, readMode, 0o666)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+		st, err := f.Stat()
+		if err != nil {
+			return io.ReadAll(f)
+		}
+		dst := make([]byte, st.Size())
+		_, err = io.ReadFull(f, dst)
+		return dst, err
+	}
+
 	f, err := OpenFileDirectIO(name, readMode, 0o666)
 	if err != nil {
 		// fallback if there is an error to read
@@ -71,6 +88,7 @@ func ReadFile(name string) ([]byte, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
+
 	r := &ODirectReader{
 		File:      f,
 		SmallFile: true,
@@ -82,8 +100,8 @@ func ReadFile(name string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return io.ReadAll(r)
 	}
 
-	// Select bigger blocks when reading at least 50% of a big block.
-	r.SmallFile = st.Size() <= BlockSizeLarge/2
+	// Select bigger blocks when reading would do more than 2 reads.
+	r.SmallFile = st.Size() <= BlockSizeSmall*2
 
 	dst := make([]byte, st.Size())
 	_, err = io.ReadFull(r, dst)