Re: [PATCH] NFS: filelayout should use nfs_generic_pg_test

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On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Benny Halevy <bhalevy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2011-06-01 17:44, Weston Andros Adamson wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 1, 2011, at 1:47 AM, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/01/2011 06:18 AM, Weston Andros Adamson wrote:
>>>> Use nfs_generic_pg_test instead of pnfs_generic_pg_test.
>>>>
>>>> This fixes the BUG at fs/nfs/write.c:941 introduced by
>>>> 89a58e32d9105c01022a757fb32ddc3b51bf0025.
>>>>
>>>> I was able to trigger this BUG reliably using pynfs in pnfs mode,
>>>> by using dd(1) to write many small blocks.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Weston Andros Adamson <dros@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> Fix proposed by Trond.
>>>>
>>>> Benny- Does this make sense?
>>>>
>>>> fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c  |    2 +-
>>>> fs/nfs/pagelist.c        |    5 ++++-
>>>> include/linux/nfs_page.h |    3 ++-
>>>> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
>>>> index 4269088..1c3bb72 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
>>>> @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ filelayout_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
>>>>     u64 p_stripe, r_stripe;
>>>>     u32 stripe_unit;
>>>>
>>>> -   if (!pnfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req))
>>>> +   if (!nfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req))
>>>>             return 0;
>>>>
>>>
>>> pnfs_generic_pg_test is the one that gets the layout.
>>>
>>> What you've done is revert to MDS IO
>>>
>>> Boaz
>>
>> Ah, you're right - I didn't even notice that!  I usually confirm client -> DS communication with tcpdump.  I was working for too long yesterday :)
>>
>> Patch: recalled.  Discussion about a real fix: started.
>>
>> -dros
>
> I think the following should work:
>
> Benny
>
> git diff --stat -p -M
>  fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c |   10 ++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
> index 4269088..9f1d445 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
> @@ -661,6 +661,16 @@ filelayout_pg_test(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor
> *pgio, struct nfs_page *prev,
>        u64 p_stripe, r_stripe;
>        u32 stripe_unit;
>
> +       /*
> +        * FIXME: ideally we should be able to coalesce all requests
> +        * that are not block boundary aligned, but currently this
> +        * is problematic for the case of bsize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
> +        * since nfs_flush_multi and nfs_pagein_multi assume you
> +        * can have only one struct nfs_page.
> +        */
> +       if (desc->pg_bsize < PAGE_SIZE)
> +               return 0;
> +
>        if (!pnfs_generic_pg_test(pgio, prev, req))
>                return 0;
>

Note this moves a test that was once part of the plain nfs code into
the file layout driver.  Why don't other drivers need this test?

Fred
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