Commit 374600cec0 ("cache: propagate seek failures") changed
stream-level seeks to be done in the calling thread so possible errors
could be reported. This commit included some rationale why doing the
stream-level seeks synchronously was not a big issue. However, the
following fixup commit f4d62dc4a0 changed the seek code to always
synchronize with the cache thread and do seek handling there. This is
a problem because it affects even seeks within already cached data
(which require no stream-level seek). With a network server that sends
data in bursts, the cache thread can be blocked in a read call for a
long time; the added synchronization means that seeking within already
downloaded data can have unnecessary long delays.
Change cache_seek() to check whether the seek is expected to result in
a stream-level seek, and skip synchronization if it is not. This means
that seeks within the cached portion of the file now again happen
immediately without possibly waiting for network.
Signed-off-by: wm4 <wm4@nowhere>
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