Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] cifs: cork the socket before a send and uncork it afterward

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On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:57:44 +0400
Pavel Shilovsky <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2012/7/25 Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > We want to send SMBs as "atomically" as possible. Prior to sending any
> > data on the socket, cork it to make sure that no non-full frames go
> > out. Afterward, uncork it to make sure all of the data gets pushed out
> > to the wire.
> >
> > Note that this more or less renders the socket=TCP_NODELAY mount option
> > obsolete. When TCP_CORK and TCP_NODELAY are used on the same socket,
> > TCP_NODELAY is essentially ignored.
> >
> > Acked-by: Pavel Shilovsky <pshilovsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/cifs/connect.c   |  4 ++++
> >  fs/cifs/transport.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> > index 6df6fa1..a828a8c 100644
> > --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
> > +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> > @@ -1676,6 +1676,10 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
> >                         if (string == NULL)
> >                                 goto out_nomem;
> >
> > +                       /*
> > +                        * FIXME: since we now cork/uncork the socket while
> > +                        *        sending, should we deprecate this option?
> > +                        */
> >                         if (strnicmp(string, "TCP_NODELAY", 11) == 0)
> >                                 vol->sockopt_tcp_nodelay = 1;
> >                         break;
> > diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
> > index d93f15d..a3e58b2 100644
> > --- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
> > +++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
> > @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/net.h>
> >  #include <linux/delay.h>
> >  #include <linux/freezer.h>
> > +#include <linux/tcp.h>
> >  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> >  #include <asm/processor.h>
> >  #include <linux/mempool.h>
> > @@ -247,12 +248,23 @@ smb_send_rqst(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_rqst *rqst)
> >         int n_vec = rqst->rq_nvec;
> >         unsigned int smb_buf_length = get_rfc1002_length(iov[0].iov_base);
> >         size_t total_len;
> > +       struct socket *ssocket = server->ssocket;
> > +       int val = 1;
> >
> >         cFYI(1, "Sending smb: smb_len=%u", smb_buf_length);
> >         dump_smb(iov[0].iov_base, iov[0].iov_len);
> >
> > +       /* cork the socket */
> > +       kernel_setsockopt(ssocket, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK,
> > +                               (char *)&val, sizeof(val));
> > +
> >         rc = smb_send_kvec(server, iov, n_vec, &total_len);
> >
> > +       /* uncork it */
> > +       val = 0;
> > +       kernel_setsockopt(ssocket, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK,
> > +                               (char *)&val, sizeof(val));
> > +
> >         if ((total_len > 0) && (total_len != smb_buf_length + 4)) {
> >                 cFYI(1, "partial send (wanted=%u sent=%zu): terminating "
> >                         "session", smb_buf_length + 4, total_len);
> > --
> > 1.7.11.2
> >
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> 
> I tested it with SMB2 against Windows 7 server. When iosize is 64K
> everything is ok but when we increase iosize to 1M (by using
> multicredit requests) and the server loses the network connection and
> only reboot helps.
> 
> Also if I commented corking/uncorking the socket - everything is ok. I
> think this change needs some more investigation (how does it deals
> with 1M iosize on Samba, etc?)
> 

Hmm, haven't seen that with a 1M iosize with smb1 against samba.

I'll see if I can reproduce it.

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