RE: [PATCH v3 04/25] NFS41: save layoutcommit cred after first successful layoutget

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-nfs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-nfs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Trond Myklebust
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:47 AM
> To: Jim Rees
> Cc: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; peter honeyman
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/25] NFS41: save layoutcommit cred after first successful
> layoutget
> 
> On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 14:40 -0400, Jim Rees wrote:
> > From: Peng Tao <bergwolf@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Save it in layout header instead of in every segment.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <peng_tao@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/nfs/pnfs.c |   12 ++++++------
> >  fs/nfs/pnfs.h |    1 -
> >  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
> > index dae19dd..fbebd2a 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
> > @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ destroy_layout_hdr(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo)
> >  	dprintk("%s: freeing layout cache %p\n", __func__, lo);
> >  	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&lo->plh_layouts));
> >  	NFS_I(lo->plh_inode)->layout = NULL;
> > +	put_rpccred(lo->plh_lc_cred);
> >  	pnfs_free_layout_hdr(lo);
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -1007,6 +1008,10 @@ pnfs_update_layout(struct inode *ino,
> >  		list_del_init(&lo->plh_layouts);
> >  		spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
> >  	}
> > +	if (first) {
> > +		lo->plh_lc_cred =
> > +			get_rpccred(ctx->state->owner->so_cred);
> > +	}
> 
> Hmm... This whole 'first' thing is inherently racy. What if two threads
> are calling pnfs_update_layout at the same time: they both see
> list_empty(&lo->plh_segs), and both conclude that they need to
> initialise the layout header. _BOOM_....
> 
> The correct thing to do here is either to initialise the layout header
> correctly inside pnfs_find_alloc_layout(), or to add a flag for
> ->plh_flags that can be used with test_and_clear_bit() to get _one_ of
> the processes to perform the initialisation.
> Personally, I'd prefer the former.
Will move it inside layout header init. Thanks.

Cheers,
Tao
> 
> 
> --
> Trond Myklebust
> Linux NFS client maintainer
> 
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> Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx
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