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	Introduced cache_size as alternative to hardware read/write sizes
The introduction of an explicit cache_size configuration allows customization of the cache buffers independently from the hardware read/write sizes. This has been one of littlefs's main handicaps. Without a distinction between cache units and hardware limitations, littlefs isn't able to read or program _less_ than the cache size. This leads to the counter-intuitive case where larger cache sizes can actually be harmful, since larger read/prog sizes require sending more data over the bus if we're only accessing a small set of data (for example the CTZ skip-list traversal). This is compounded with metadata logging, since a large program size limits the number of commits we can write out in a single metadata block. It really doesn't make sense to link program size + cache size here. With a separate cache_size configuration, we can be much smarter about what we actually read/write from disk. This also simplifies cache handling a bit. Before there were two possible cache sizes, but these were rarely used. Note that the cache_size is NOT written to the superblock and can be freely changed without breaking backwards compatibility.
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							| @@ -177,21 +177,24 @@ struct lfs_config { | ||||
|     // are propogated to the user. | ||||
|     int (*sync)(const struct lfs_config *c); | ||||
|  | ||||
|     // Minimum size of a block read. This determines the size of read buffers. | ||||
|     // This may be larger than the physical read size to improve performance | ||||
|     // by caching more of the block device. | ||||
|     // Minimum size of a block read. All read operations will be a | ||||
|     // multiple of this value. | ||||
|     lfs_size_t read_size; | ||||
|  | ||||
|     // Minimum size of a block program. This determines the size of program | ||||
|     // buffers. This may be larger than the physical program size to improve | ||||
|     // performance by caching more of the block device. | ||||
|     // Must be a multiple of the read size. | ||||
|     // Minimum size of a block program. All program operations will be a | ||||
|     // multiple of this value. | ||||
|     lfs_size_t prog_size; | ||||
|  | ||||
|     // Size of block caches. Each cache buffers a portion of a block in RAM. | ||||
|     // This determines the size of the read cache, the program cache, and a | ||||
|     // cache per file. Larger caches can improve performance by storing more | ||||
|     // data. Must be a multiple of the read and program sizes. | ||||
|     lfs_size_t cache_size; | ||||
|  | ||||
|     // Size of an erasable block. This does not impact ram consumption and | ||||
|     // may be larger than the physical erase size. However, this should be | ||||
|     // kept small as each file currently takes up an entire block. | ||||
|     // Must be a multiple of the program size. | ||||
|     // Must be a multiple of the read, program, and cache sizes. | ||||
|     lfs_size_t block_size; | ||||
|  | ||||
|     // Number of erasable blocks on the device. | ||||
| @@ -283,6 +286,7 @@ typedef struct lfs_mattr { | ||||
| typedef struct lfs_cache { | ||||
|     lfs_block_t block; | ||||
|     lfs_off_t off; | ||||
|     lfs_size_t size; | ||||
|     uint8_t *buffer; | ||||
| } lfs_cache_t; | ||||
|  | ||||
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