Re: LOCK_SYNC_MIX state makes "getattr" operations extremely slow when there are lots of clients issue writes or reads to the same file

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>>
>> Thanks, Zheng Yan:-)
>>
>> In our case, there is only one client want the "Fw" capability, most
>> of the clients just needs "Fscr". However, as LOCK_MIX state allows
>> only "Frwl", CInode::filelock had to wait in LOCK_SYNC_MIX state for
>> those tens of READ clients to release "Fsc" caps, which led to the
>> long wait and inefficient processing of getattr requests. We think
>> waiting for clients to release "Fsc" in this case might not be
>> necessary, is this right?
>
> Oh, sorry, in our case, the transition of CInode::filelock's state
> from LOCK_SYNC to LOCK_SYNC_MIX is done in the "finish" phase of a
> getattr request when there are clients who want the "Fw" cap at the
> time. So I think, this should be the mds waiting for READ clients to
> release "Fsc" so that it can issue "Fw" to the writing client.

And, since "Fw" is still not issued to the writing client yet in the
LOCK_SYNC_MIX state, it seems that getattr requests should be
processed instead of blocked in this state, is this right?
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