Re: [PATCH 07/12] RFC: pnfs: full mount/umount infrastructure

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On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Benny Halevy <bhalevy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2010-09-18 05:17, Fred Isaman wrote:
>> From: The pNFS Team <linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Allow a module implementing a layout type to register, and
>> have its mount/umount routines called for filesystems that
>> the server declares support it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: TBD - melding/reorganization of several patches
>> ---
>>  Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX |    2 +
>>  Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt |   48 ++++++++++++++++++
>>  fs/nfs/Kconfig                         |    2 +-
>>  fs/nfs/pnfs.c                          |   82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  fs/nfs/pnfs.h                          |    9 ++++
>>  5 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX
>> index 2f68cd6..8d930b9 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX
>> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX
>> @@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ nfs-rdma.txt
>>       - how to install and setup the Linux NFS/RDMA client and server software
>>  nfsroot.txt
>>       - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem.
>> +pnfs.txt
>> +     - short explanation of some of the internals of the pnfs code
>
> that is, pnfs _client_ code...
>

OK


>>  rpc-cache.txt
>>       - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer.
>> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..bc0b9cf
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
>> +Reference counting in pnfs:
>> +==========================
>> +
>> +The are several inter-related caches.  We have layouts which can
>> +reference multiple devices, each of which can reference multiple data servers.
>> +Each data server can be referenced by multiple devices.  Each device
>> +can be referenced by multiple layouts.  To keep all of this straight,
>> +we need to reference count.
>> +
>> +
>> +struct pnfs_layout_hdr
>> +----------------------
>> +The on-the-wire command LAYOUTGET corresponds to struct
>> +pnfs_layout_segment, usually referred to by the variable name lseg.
>> +Each nfs_inode may hold a pointer to a cache of of these layout
>> +segments in nfsi->layout, of type struct pnfs_layout_hdr.
>> +
>> +We reference the header for the inode pointing to it, across each
>> +outstanding RPC call that references it (LAYOUTGET, fs/nfs/LAYOUTRETURN,
>> +LAYOUTCOMMIT), and for each lseg held within.
>> +
>> +Each header is also (when non-empty) put on a list associated with
>> +struct nfs_client (cl_layouts).  Being put on this list does not bump
>> +the reference count, as the layout is kept around by the lseg that
>> +keeps it in the list.
>> +
>> +deviceid_cache
>> +--------------
>> +lsegs reference device ids, which are resolved per nfs_client and
>> +layout driver type.  The device ids are held in a RCU cache (struct
>> +nfs4_deviceid_cache).  The cache itself is referenced across each
>> +mount.  The entries (struct nfs4_deviceid) themselves are held across
>> +the lifetime of each lseg referencing them.
>> +
>> +RCU is used because the deviceid is basically a write once, read many
>> +data structure.  The hlist size of 32 buckets needs better
>> +justification, but seems reasonable given that we can have multiple
>> +deviceid's per filesystem, and multiple filesystems per nfs_client.
>> +
>> +The hash code is copied from the nfsd code base.  A discussion of
>> +hashing and variations of this algorithm can be found at:
>> +http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/9522965e2b8d3809
>> +
>> +data server cache
>> +-----------------
>> +file driver devices refer to data servers, which are kept in a module
>> +level cache.  Its reference is held over the lifetime of the deviceid
>> +pointing to it.
>> diff --git a/fs/nfs/Kconfig b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
>> index 6c2aad4..5f1b936 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfs/Kconfig
>> +++ b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
>> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ config NFS_V4_1
>>       depends on NFS_V4 && EXPERIMENTAL
>>       help
>>         This option enables support for minor version 1 of the NFSv4 protocol
>> -       (draft-ietf-nfsv4-minorversion1) in the kernel's NFS client.
>> +       (RFC 5661) in the kernel's NFS client.
>>
>>         If unsure, say N.
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
>> index 2e5dba1..5a8a676 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
>> +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
>> @@ -32,16 +32,53 @@
>>
>>  #define NFSDBG_FACILITY              NFSDBG_PNFS
>>
>> -/* STUB that returns the equivalent of "no module found" */
>> +/* Locking:
>> + *
>> + * pnfs_spinlock:
>> + *      protects pnfs_modules_tbl.
>> + */
>> +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pnfs_spinlock);
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * pnfs_modules_tbl holds all pnfs modules
>> + */
>> +static LIST_HEAD(pnfs_modules_tbl);
>> +
>> +/* Return the registered pnfs layout driver module matching given id */
>> +static struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *
>> +find_pnfs_driver_locked(u32 id) {
>
> nit: the curly brace should be moved down a line

OK


>
>> +     struct  pnfs_layoutdriver_type *local;
>> +
>> +     dprintk("PNFS: %s: Searching for %u\n", __func__, id);
>
> I'd move this printk down, before returning and print
> the result as well.
>

OK


>> +     list_for_each_entry(local, &pnfs_modules_tbl, pnfs_tblid)
>> +             if (local->id == id) {
>> +                     if (!try_module_get(local->owner))
>> +                             local = NULL;
>
> If this happens (e.g. in the case the module exited without
> calling pnfs_unregister_layoutdriver) another (or a different instance)
> layout driver might have registered on the same id so we need to keep
> looking.

There can only be a single driver registered with a particular id.  So
continuing the search is pointless.


>
>> +                     goto out;
>> +             }
>> +     local = NULL;
>> +out:
>> +     return local;
>> +}
>
> how about the following?
>
> static struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *
> find_pnfs_driver_locked(u32 id)
> {
>        struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *local, *found = NULL;
>
>        list_for_each_entry (local, &pnfs_modules_tbl, pnfs_tblid)
>                if (local->id == id) {
>                        if (!try_module_get(local->owner))
>                                continue;
>                        found = local;
>                        break;
>                }
> out:
>        dprintk("%s: layout_type %u found %p\n", __func__, id, found);
>        return found;
> }
>
>> +
>>  static struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *
>>  find_pnfs_driver(u32 id) {
>> -     return NULL;
>> +     struct  pnfs_layoutdriver_type *local;
>> +
>> +     spin_lock(&pnfs_spinlock);
>> +     local = find_pnfs_driver_locked(id);
>> +     spin_unlock(&pnfs_spinlock);
>> +     return local;
>>  }
>>
>>  /* Unitialize a mountpoint in a layout driver */
>>  void
>>  unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *nfss)
>>  {
>> +     if (nfss->pnfs_curr_ld) {
>> +             nfss->pnfs_curr_ld->uninitialize_mountpoint(nfss);
>> +             module_put(nfss->pnfs_curr_ld->owner);
>> +     }
>>       nfss->pnfs_curr_ld = NULL;
>>  }
>>
>> @@ -68,6 +105,13 @@ set_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *server, u32 id)
>>                       goto out_no_driver;
>>               }
>>       }
>> +     if (ld_type->initialize_mountpoint(server)) {
>> +             printk(KERN_ERR
>> +                    "%s: Error initializing mount point for layout driver %u.\n",
>> +                    __func__, id);
>> +             module_put(ld_type->owner);
>> +             goto out_no_driver;
>> +     }
>>       server->pnfs_curr_ld = ld_type;
>>       dprintk("%s: pNFS module for %u set\n", __func__, id);
>>       return;
>> @@ -76,3 +120,37 @@ out_no_driver:
>>       dprintk("%s: Using NFSv4 I/O\n", __func__);
>>       server->pnfs_curr_ld = NULL;
>>  }
>> +
>> +int
>> +pnfs_register_layoutdriver(struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld_type)
>> +{
>> +     int status = -EINVAL;
>> +     struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *tmp;
>> +
>
> Since we're relying on the fact the ld_type->id != 0
> let's add
>        BUG_ON(ld_type->id == 0);
>
> Benny

OK.

Fred

>
>> +     spin_lock(&pnfs_spinlock);
>> +     tmp = find_pnfs_driver_locked(ld_type->id);
>> +     if (!tmp) {
>> +             list_add(&ld_type->pnfs_tblid, &pnfs_modules_tbl);
>> +             status = 0;
>> +             dprintk("%s Registering id:%u name:%s\n", __func__, ld_type->id,
>> +                     ld_type->name);
>> +     } else {
>> +             module_put(tmp->owner);
>> +             printk(KERN_ERR "%s Module with id %d already loaded!\n",
>> +                     __func__, ld_type->id);
>> +     }
>> +     spin_unlock(&pnfs_spinlock);
>> +
>> +     return status;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_register_layoutdriver);
>> +
>> +void
>> +pnfs_unregister_layoutdriver(struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld_type)
>> +{
>> +     dprintk("%s Deregistering id:%u\n", __func__, ld_type->id);
>> +     spin_lock(&pnfs_spinlock);
>> +     list_del(&ld_type->pnfs_tblid);
>> +     spin_unlock(&pnfs_spinlock);
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_unregister_layoutdriver);
>> diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
>> index c628ef1..61531f3 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
>> +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
>> @@ -36,8 +36,17 @@
>>
>>  /* Per-layout driver specific registration structure */
>>  struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type {
>> +     struct list_head pnfs_tblid;
>> +     const u32 id;
>> +     const char *name;
>> +     struct module *owner;
>> +     int (*initialize_mountpoint) (struct nfs_server *);
>> +     int (*uninitialize_mountpoint) (struct nfs_server *);
>>  };
>>
>> +extern int pnfs_register_layoutdriver(struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *);
>> +extern void pnfs_unregister_layoutdriver(struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *);
>> +
>>  void set_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *, u32 id);
>>  void unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *);
>>
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