[PATCH v1] nfsd: drop the lock during filecache LRU scans

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From: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>

Under a high NFSv3 load with lots of different file being accessed,
the LRU list of garbage-collectable files can become quite long.

Asking list_lru_scan() to scan the whole list can result in a long
period during which a spinlock is held, blocking the addition and
removal of LRU items.

So ask list_lru_scan() to scan only a few entries at a time, and
repeat until the scan is complete.

Fixes: edead3a55804 ("NFSD: Fix the filecache LRU shrinker")
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/nfsd/filecache.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 fs/nfsd/filecache.h |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Updated version of Neil's patch to break up filecache LRU scans.
This can be backported to LTS kernels -- a Fixes tag has been
proposed.

Subsequent work can replace the list_lru mechanism. That would
be more substantial and thus more challenging to backport.

There are two concerns here:

 - The number of items in the LRU can now change while this loop is
   operating. We might need a "if (!ret) break;" or some other exit
   condition to prevent an infinite loop.

 - The list_lru_walk() always starts at the tail of the LRU, rather
   than picking up where it left off. So it might only visit the
   same handful of items on the list repeatedly, reintroducing the
   bug fixed by edead3a55804.


diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
index a1cdba42c4fa..fcd751cb7c76 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
@@ -541,13 +541,19 @@ nfsd_file_lru_cb(struct list_head *item, struct list_lru_one *lru,
 static void
 nfsd_file_gc(void)
 {
+	unsigned long remaining = list_lru_count(&nfsd_file_lru);
 	LIST_HEAD(dispose);
 	unsigned long ret;
 
-	ret = list_lru_walk(&nfsd_file_lru, nfsd_file_lru_cb,
-			    &dispose, list_lru_count(&nfsd_file_lru));
-	trace_nfsd_file_gc_removed(ret, list_lru_count(&nfsd_file_lru));
-	nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed(&dispose);
+	while (remaining > 0) {
+		unsigned long num_to_scan = min(remaining, NFSD_FILE_GC_BATCH);
+
+		ret = list_lru_walk(&nfsd_file_lru, nfsd_file_lru_cb,
+				    &dispose, num_to_scan);
+		trace_nfsd_file_gc_removed(ret, list_lru_count(&nfsd_file_lru));
+		nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed(&dispose);
+		remaining -= num_to_scan;
+	}
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.h b/fs/nfsd/filecache.h
index d5db6b34ba30..463bd60b98b4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.h
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 
+/*
+ * Limit the time that the list_lru_one lock is held during
+ * an LRU scan.
+ */
+#define NFSD_FILE_GC_BATCH	(32UL)
+
 /*
  * This is the fsnotify_mark container that nfsd attaches to the files that it
  * is holding open. Note that we have a separate refcount here aside from the
-- 
2.47.0