Re: [PATCH 1/2] SUNRPC: Enforce an upper limit on the number of cached credentials

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On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 03:11:41PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> In some cases where the credentials are not often reused, we may want
> to limit their total number just in order to make the negative lookups
> in the hash table more manageable.

Out of curiosity--how would somebody know that might need to set this?

--b.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/sunrpc/auth.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> index 2bc7bb82b162..360decdddc78 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> @@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ static struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_hashtbl_sz = {
>  module_param_named(auth_hashtable_size, auth_hashbits, hashtbl_sz, 0644);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(auth_hashtable_size, "RPC credential cache hashtable size");
>  
> +static unsigned long auth_max_cred_cachesize = ULONG_MAX;
> +module_param(auth_max_cred_cachesize, ulong, 0644);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(auth_max_cred_cachesize, "RPC credential maximum total cache size");
> +
>  static u32
>  pseudoflavor_to_flavor(u32 flavor) {
>  	if (flavor > RPC_AUTH_MAXFLAVOR)
> @@ -481,6 +485,20 @@ rpcauth_prune_expired(struct list_head *free, int nr_to_scan)
>  	return freed;
>  }
>  
> +static unsigned long
> +rpcauth_cache_do_shrink(int nr_to_scan)
> +{
> +	LIST_HEAD(free);
> +	unsigned long freed;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
> +	freed = rpcauth_prune_expired(&free, nr_to_scan);
> +	spin_unlock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
> +	rpcauth_destroy_credlist(&free);
> +
> +	return freed;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Run memory cache shrinker.
>   */
> @@ -488,9 +506,6 @@ static unsigned long
>  rpcauth_cache_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
>  
>  {
> -	LIST_HEAD(free);
> -	unsigned long freed;
> -
>  	if ((sc->gfp_mask & GFP_KERNEL) != GFP_KERNEL)
>  		return SHRINK_STOP;
>  
> @@ -498,12 +513,7 @@ rpcauth_cache_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
>  	if (list_empty(&cred_unused))
>  		return SHRINK_STOP;
>  
> -	spin_lock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
> -	freed = rpcauth_prune_expired(&free, sc->nr_to_scan);
> -	spin_unlock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
> -	rpcauth_destroy_credlist(&free);
> -
> -	return freed;
> +	return rpcauth_cache_do_shrink(sc->nr_to_scan);
>  }
>  
>  static unsigned long
> @@ -513,6 +523,21 @@ rpcauth_cache_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
>  	return (number_cred_unused / 100) * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
>  }
>  
> +static void
> +rpcauth_cache_enforce_limit(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned long diff;
> +	unsigned int nr_to_scan;
> +
> +	if (number_cred_unused <= auth_max_cred_cachesize)
> +		return;
> +	diff = number_cred_unused - auth_max_cred_cachesize;
> +	nr_to_scan = 100;
> +	if (diff < nr_to_scan)
> +		nr_to_scan = diff;
> +	rpcauth_cache_do_shrink(nr_to_scan);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Look up a process' credentials in the authentication cache
>   */
> @@ -566,6 +591,7 @@ rpcauth_lookup_credcache(struct rpc_auth *auth, struct auth_cred * acred,
>  	} else
>  		list_add_tail(&new->cr_lru, &free);
>  	spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
> +	rpcauth_cache_enforce_limit();
>  found:
>  	if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags) &&
>  	    cred->cr_ops->cr_init != NULL &&
> -- 
> 1.9.3
> 
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