PF_LESS_THROTTLE has a very specific use case: to avoid deadlocks and live-locks while writing to the page cache in a loop-back NFS mount situation. It therefore makes sense to *only* set PF_LESS_THROTTLE in this situation. We now know when a request came from the local-host so it could be a loop-back mount. We already know when we are handling write requests, and when we are doing anything else. So combine those two to allow nfsd to still be throttled (like any other process) in every situation except when it is known to be problematic. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 6 ------ fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c index 9a4a5f9e7468..1879e43f2868 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c @@ -591,12 +591,6 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp) nfsdstats.th_cnt++; mutex_unlock(&nfsd_mutex); - /* - * We want less throttling in balance_dirty_pages() so that nfs to - * localhost doesn't cause nfsd to lock up due to all the client's - * dirty pages. - */ - current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE; set_freezable(); /* diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c index 6d7be3f80356..2acd00445ad0 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c @@ -913,6 +913,16 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file, int stable = *stablep; int use_wgather; loff_t pos = offset; + unsigned int pflags = current->flags; + + if (rqstp->rq_local) + /* + * We want less throttling in balance_dirty_pages() + * and shrink_inactive_list() so that nfs to + * localhost doesn't cause nfsd to lock up due to all + * the client's dirty pages or its congested queue. + */ + current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE; dentry = file->f_path.dentry; inode = dentry->d_inode; @@ -950,6 +960,8 @@ out_nfserr: err = 0; else err = nfserrno(host_err); + if (rqstp->rq_local) + tsk_restore_flags(current, pflags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE); return err; } -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>