Re: [PATCH] cifs: Make echo interval tunable.

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-12-16 at 22:37 -0600, Steve French wrote:
>> Why restrict the echo interval to such a narrow range?  If tunable
>> might as well allow a larger range, maybe 1 to 600 (ten minutes)?  I
>> am not certain of the range of possible future uses - maybe a
>> pseudo-real type workload connected to a really fast server wants
>> something really low (a few seconds?) and maybe very poor network
>> connections want something longer?  Not a strong objection, but seems
>> like we could allow a broader range without confusing the user.
>>
>> Many years ago, Windows and OS/2 had an oplock break time (which also
>> controlled how long to wait for acks to come back from the server) -
>> and it ranged from 34 to 127 seconds for acks and 35 to 640 for
>> oplock
>> break timeouts.     Don't see any reason to limit it less than that
>> (that was really old and networks vary a lot in performance now).
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> the numbers I chose were arbitrary. I have no objections to changing
> the min and max values. Do you want me to send a new patch with those
> values?
>
> Sachin Prabhu

Yes - then I plan to merge unless any objections.

>>
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 6:47 AM, Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Currently the echo interval is set to 60 seconds using a macro.
>> > This
>> > setting determines the interval at which echo requests are sent to
>> > the
>> > server on an idling connection. This setting also affects the time
>> > required for a connection to an unresponsive server to timeout.
>> >
>> > Making this setting a tunable allows users to control the echo
>> > interval
>> > times as well as control the time after which the connecting to an
>> > unresponsive server times out.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  fs/cifs/cifsfs.c   |  2 ++
>> >  fs/cifs/cifsglob.h |  8 ++++++--
>> >  fs/cifs/connect.c  | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>> >  3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
>> > index cbc0f4b..eab2de6 100644
>> > --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
>> > +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
>> > @@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ cifs_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct
>> > dentry *root)
>> >
>> >         seq_printf(s, ",rsize=%u", cifs_sb->rsize);
>> >         seq_printf(s, ",wsize=%u", cifs_sb->wsize);
>> > +       seq_printf(s, ",echo_interval=%lu",
>> > +                       tcon->ses->server->echo_interval / HZ);
>> >         /* convert actimeo and display it in seconds */
>> >         seq_printf(s, ",actimeo=%lu", cifs_sb->actimeo / HZ);
>> >
>> > diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
>> > index 2b510c5..56d3698 100644
>> > --- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
>> > +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
>> > @@ -70,8 +70,10 @@
>> >  #define SERVER_NAME_LENGTH 40
>> >  #define SERVER_NAME_LEN_WITH_NULL     (SERVER_NAME_LENGTH + 1)
>> >
>> > -/* SMB echo "timeout" -- FIXME: tunable? */
>> > -#define SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL (60 * HZ)
>> > +/* echo interval in seconds */
>> > +#define SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL_MIN 10
>> > +#define SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL_MAX 120
>> > +#define SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL_DEFAULT 60
>> >
>> >  #include "cifspdu.h"
>> >
>> > @@ -507,6 +509,7 @@ struct smb_vol {
>> >         struct sockaddr_storage dstaddr; /* destination address */
>> >         struct sockaddr_storage srcaddr; /* allow binding to a
>> > local IP */
>> >         struct nls_table *local_nls;
>> > +       unsigned int echo_interval; /* echo interval in secs */
>> >  };
>> >
>> >  #define CIFS_MOUNT_MASK (CIFS_MOUNT_NO_PERM | CIFS_MOUNT_SET_UID |
>> > \
>> > @@ -628,6 +631,7 @@ struct TCP_Server_Info {
>> >         unsigned int    max_read;
>> >         unsigned int    max_write;
>> >  #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2 */
>> > +       unsigned long echo_interval;
>> >  };
>> >
>> >  static inline unsigned int
>> > diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
>> > index ecb0803..3b44e9e 100644
>> > --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
>> > +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
>> > @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ enum {
>> >         Opt_cruid, Opt_gid, Opt_file_mode,
>> >         Opt_dirmode, Opt_port,
>> >         Opt_rsize, Opt_wsize, Opt_actimeo,
>> > +       Opt_echo_interval,
>> >
>> >         /* Mount options which take string value */
>> >         Opt_user, Opt_pass, Opt_ip,
>> > @@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ static const match_table_t
>> > cifs_mount_option_tokens = {
>> >         { Opt_rsize, "rsize=%s" },
>> >         { Opt_wsize, "wsize=%s" },
>> >         { Opt_actimeo, "actimeo=%s" },
>> > +       { Opt_echo_interval, "echo_interval=%s" },
>> >
>> >         { Opt_blank_user, "user=" },
>> >         { Opt_blank_user, "username=" },
>> > @@ -418,6 +420,7 @@ cifs_echo_request(struct work_struct *work)
>> >         int rc;
>> >         struct TCP_Server_Info *server = container_of(work,
>> >                                         struct TCP_Server_Info,
>> > echo.work);
>> > +       unsigned long echo_interval = server->echo_interval;
>> >
>> >         /*
>> >          * We cannot send an echo if it is disabled or until the
>> > @@ -427,7 +430,7 @@ cifs_echo_request(struct work_struct *work)
>> >          */
>> >         if (!server->ops->need_neg || server->ops->need_neg(server)
>> > ||
>> >             (server->ops->can_echo && !server->ops-
>> > >can_echo(server)) ||
>> > -           time_before(jiffies, server->lstrp + SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL
>> > - HZ))
>> > +           time_before(jiffies, server->lstrp + echo_interval -
>> > HZ))
>> >                 goto requeue_echo;
>> >
>> >         rc = server->ops->echo ? server->ops->echo(server) :
>> > -ENOSYS;
>> > @@ -436,7 +439,7 @@ cifs_echo_request(struct work_struct *work)
>> >                          server->hostname);
>> >
>> >  requeue_echo:
>> > -       queue_delayed_work(cifsiod_wq, &server->echo,
>> > SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL);
>> > +       queue_delayed_work(cifsiod_wq, &server->echo,
>> > echo_interval);
>> >  }
>> >
>> >  static bool
>> > @@ -487,9 +490,9 @@ server_unresponsive(struct TCP_Server_Info
>> > *server)
>> >          *     a response in >60s.
>> >          */
>> >         if (server->tcpStatus == CifsGood &&
>> > -           time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp + 2 *
>> > SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL)) {
>> > -               cifs_dbg(VFS, "Server %s has not responded in %d
>> > seconds. Reconnecting...\n",
>> > -                        server->hostname, (2 * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL)
>> > / HZ);
>> > +           time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp + 2 * server-
>> > >echo_interval)) {
>> > +               cifs_dbg(VFS, "Server %s has not responded in %lu
>> > seconds. Reconnecting...\n",
>> > +                        server->hostname, (2 * server-
>> > >echo_interval) / HZ);
>> >                 cifs_reconnect(server);
>> >                 wake_up(&server->response_q);
>> >                 return true;
>> > @@ -1624,6 +1627,14 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char
>> > *mountdata, const char *devname,
>> >                                 goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
>> >                         }
>> >                         break;
>> > +               case Opt_echo_interval:
>> > +                       if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
>> > +                               cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Invalid echo
>> > interval value\n",
>> > +                                        __func__);
>> > +                               goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
>> > +                       }
>> > +                       vol->echo_interval = option;
>> > +                       break;
>> >
>> >                 /* String Arguments */
>> >
>> > @@ -2089,6 +2100,9 @@ static int match_server(struct
>> > TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *vol)
>> >         if (!match_security(server, vol))
>> >                 return 0;
>> >
>> > +       if (server->echo_interval != vol->echo_interval)
>> > +               return 0;
>> > +
>> >         return 1;
>> >  }
>> >
>> > @@ -2208,6 +2222,13 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol
>> > *volume_info)
>> >         tcp_ses->tcpStatus = CifsNew;
>> >         ++tcp_ses->srv_count;
>> >
>> > +       /* echo interval should be between 10 and 120 secs */
>> > +       if (volume_info->echo_interval > SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL_MIN ||
>> > +               volume_info->echo_interval < SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL_MAX)
>> > +               tcp_ses->echo_interval = volume_info->echo_interval
>> > * HZ;
>> > +       else
>> > +               tcp_ses->echo_interval = SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
>> > * HZ;
>> > +
>> >         rc = ip_connect(tcp_ses);
>> >         if (rc < 0) {
>> >                 cifs_dbg(VFS, "Error connecting to socket. Aborting
>> > operation.\n");
>> > @@ -2237,7 +2258,7 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol
>> > *volume_info)
>> >         cifs_fscache_get_client_cookie(tcp_ses);
>> >
>> >         /* queue echo request delayed work */
>> > -       queue_delayed_work(cifsiod_wq, &tcp_ses->echo,
>> > SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL);
>> > +       queue_delayed_work(cifsiod_wq, &tcp_ses->echo, tcp_ses-
>> > >echo_interval);
>> >
>> >         return tcp_ses;
>> >
>> > --
>> > 2.4.3
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>



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Thanks,

Steve
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