Re: [PATCH v2] net: fix functions and variables related to netns_ipvs->sysctl_sync_qlen_max

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于 2013年02月07日 16:40, Julian Anastasov 写道:
> 
> 	Hello,
> 
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2013, Zhang Yanfei wrote:
> 
>> Since the type of netns_ipvs->sysctl_sync_qlen_max has been changed to
>> unsigned long, type of its related proc var sync_qlen_max should be changed
>> to unsigned long, too. Also the return type of function sysctl_sync_qlen_max().
>>
>> Besides, the type of ipvs_master_sync_state->sync_queue_len should also be
>> changed to unsigned long.
> 
> 	v2 looks fine. Thanks! Regarding your question
> see below...
> 
>> Changelog from V1:
>> - change type of ipvs_master_sync_state->sync_queue_len to unsigned long
>>   as Simon addressed.
>>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
>> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/net/ip_vs.h            |    6 +++---
>>  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c |    4 ++--
>>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
>> index 68c69d5..1d56f92 100644
>> --- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
>> +++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
>> @@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ struct ip_vs_app {
>>  struct ipvs_master_sync_state {
>>  	struct list_head	sync_queue;
>>  	struct ip_vs_sync_buff	*sync_buff;
>> -	int			sync_queue_len;
>> +	unsigned long		sync_queue_len;
>>  	unsigned int		sync_queue_delay;
>>  	struct task_struct	*master_thread;
>>  	struct delayed_work	master_wakeup_work;
>> @@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static inline int sysctl_sync_ports(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
>>  	return ACCESS_ONCE(ipvs->sysctl_sync_ports);
>>  }
>>  
>> -static inline int sysctl_sync_qlen_max(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
>> +static inline unsigned long sysctl_sync_qlen_max(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
>>  {
>>  	return ipvs->sysctl_sync_qlen_max;
>>  }
>> @@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ static inline int sysctl_sync_ports(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
>>  	return 1;
>>  }
>>  
>> -static inline int sysctl_sync_qlen_max(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
>> +static inline unsigned long sysctl_sync_qlen_max(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
>>  {
>>  	return IPVS_SYNC_QLEN_MAX;
>>  }
>> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
>> index ec664cb..d79a530 100644
>> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
>> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
>> @@ -1747,9 +1747,9 @@ static struct ctl_table vs_vars[] = {
>>  	},
>>  	{
>>  		.procname	= "sync_qlen_max",
>> -		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
>> +		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
>>  		.mode		= 0644,
>> -		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
>> +		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
>>  	},
>>  	{
>>  		.procname	= "sync_sock_size",
>> -- 
>> 1.7.1
> 
> 
>> Another question about the sysctl_sync_qlen_max:
>> This variable is assigned as:
>>
>> ipvs->sysctl_sync_qlen_max = nr_free_buffer_pages() / 32;
>>
>> The function nr_free_buffer_pages actually means: counts of pages
>> which are beyond high watermark within ZONE_DMA and ZONE_NORMAL.
>>
>> is it ok to be called here? Some people misused this function because
>> the function name was misleading them. I am sorry I am totally not
>> familiar with the ipvs code, so I am just asking you about
>> this.
> 
> 	Using nr_free_buffer_pages should be fine here.
> We are using it as rough estimation for the number of sync
> buffers we can use in NORMAL zones. We are using dev->mtu
> for such buffers, so it can take a PAGE_SIZE for a buffer.
> We are not interested in HIGHMEM size. high watermarks
> should have negliable effect. I'm even not sure whether
> we need to clamp it for systems with TBs of memory.
> 

I see. Thanks for your review and your explanation!

Zhang

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