Re: [PATCH v3 31/38] nfsd: Move the open owner hash table into struct nfs4_client

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On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 8/2/2014 22:05, Trond Myklebust wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 8/2/2014 21:11, Trond Myklebust wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On 7/30/2014 09:34, Jeff Layton wrote:
>>>>>> From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Preparation for removing the client_mutex.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Convert the open owner hash table into a per-client table and protect it
>>>>>> using the nfs4_client->cl_lock spin lock.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  fs/nfsd/netns.h     |   1 -
>>>>>>  fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 187 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
>>>>>>  fs/nfsd/state.h     |   1 +
>>>>>>  3 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/netns.h b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
>>>>>> index a71d14413d39..e1f479c162b5 100644
>>>>>> --- a/fs/nfsd/netns.h
>>>>>> +++ b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
>>>>>> @@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ struct nfsd_net {
>>>>>>       struct rb_root conf_name_tree;
>>>>>>       struct list_head *unconf_id_hashtbl;
>>>>>>       struct rb_root unconf_name_tree;
>>>>>> -     struct list_head *ownerstr_hashtbl;
>>>>>
>>>>> I send a patch "NFSD: Rervert "knfsd: locks: flag NFSv4-owned locks"" before,
>>>>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.nfs/64382
>>>>>
>>>>> nfsd needs the hashtbl to find the lockowner for locking by owner from
>>>>> fl->fl_owner stored in struct file_lock, but without nfs_client.
>>>>
>>>> Why? We're not currently doing that.
>>>
>>> Although not doing that right now, but there is a bug for getting the right ld_owner
>>> in nfs4_set_lock_denied.
>>>
>>> If denying locks, vfs don't copy fl->fl_lmops to the returned file_lock, so that,
>>> fl->fl_lmops always be NULL, nfsd never return the owner who holds the conflock.
>>>
>>> If we want fix this problem, needs finding the lockowner from struct file_lock.
>>
>> Do we really care enough about fixing nfs4_set_lock_denied enough to
>> do so at the cost of reducing overall scalability of locking state?
>
> I just report this problem, don't think enough about the scalability.
>
>> We will always be faking up the clientid etc for local locks. Are
>> there any clients out there that actually inspect the clientid on a
>> result of NFS4ERR_DENIED and that will break if we give them a fake
>> for non-local locks?
>
> Jeff has point the same problem of a non-nfs4_lockowner.
> Maybe we should copy fl_lmops to conflock as before, nfsd can distinguish
> the lockowner stored in struct file_lock by checking fl_lmops.
>

Alternatively, set a flag in fl_flags. Back in the days, we used to
have a FL_NFSD, perhaps it is time to resurrect that?

Cheers,
  Trond



-- 
Trond Myklebust

Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData

trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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