Re: [PATCH 0/5] Remove possible deadlocks in nfs_release_page() - V3

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On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:28:32 +1000
NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This set includes acked-by's from Andrew and Peter so it should be
> OK for all five patches to go upstream through the NFS tree.
> 
> I split the congestion tracking patch out from the wait-for-PG_private
> patch as they are conceptually separate.
> 
> This set continues to perform well in my tests and addresses all
> issues that have been raised.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> NeilBrown
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> NeilBrown (5):
>       SCHED: add some "wait..on_bit...timeout()" interfaces.
>       MM: export page_wakeup functions
>       NFS: avoid deadlocks with loop-back mounted NFS filesystems.
>       NFS: avoid waiting at all in nfs_release_page when congested.
>       NFS/SUNRPC: Remove other deadlock-avoidance mechanisms in nfs_release_page()
> 
> 
>  fs/nfs/file.c                   |   29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
>  fs/nfs/write.c                  |    7 +++++++
>  include/linux/pagemap.h         |   12 ++++++++++--
>  include/linux/wait.h            |    5 ++++-
>  kernel/sched/wait.c             |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/filemap.c                    |   21 +++++++++++++++------
>  net/sunrpc/sched.c              |    2 --
>  net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c |    2 --
>  net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c           |   10 ----------
>  9 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> 

Cool!

This looks like it'll address my earlier concern about setting the BDI
congested inappropriately. You can add this to the set if you like:

Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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