Re: Failing to send a CLOSE if file is opened WRONLY and server reboots on a 4.x mount

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On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Trond Myklebust
<trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Olga Kornievskaia <aglo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Trond Myklebust
>> <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Olga Kornievskaia <aglo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Trond Myklebust
>>>> <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Olga Kornievskaia <aglo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> A test case is as the description says:
>>>>>> open(foobar, O_WRONLY);
>>>>>> sleep()  --> reboot the server
>>>>>> close(foobar)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The bug is because in nfs4state.c in nfs4_reclaim_open_state() a few
>>>>>> line before going to restart, there is
>>>>>> clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_RECLAIM_NOGRACE, &state->flags).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NFS4CLNT_RECLAIM_NOGRACE is a flag for the client states not open
>>>>>> owner states. Value of NFS4CLNT_RECLAIM_NOGRACE is 4 which is the
>>>>>> value of NFS_O_WRONLY_STATE in nfs4_state->flags. So clearing it wipes
>>>>>> out state and when we go to close it, “call_close” doesn’t get set as
>>>>>> state flag is not set and CLOSE doesn’t go on the wire.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That line was introduced to fix an infinite loop for OPEN recovery
>>>>>> upon receiving a BAD_STATEID error: commit e8d975e73. I have tested
>>>>>> injecting BAD_STATEID error using the patch below and the code
>>>>>> recovers without problems. However, I'm not sure the clearing of the
>>>>>> bit is needed any more. I have tested for infinite loop by reverting
>>>>>> the patch and didn't hit the infinite loop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
>>>>>> index da73bc4..5db3246 100644
>>>>>> --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
>>>>>> +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
>>>>>> @@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ restart:
>>>>>>                                         spin_unlock(&state->state_lock);
>>>>>>                                 }
>>>>>>                                 nfs4_put_open_state(state);
>>>>>> -                               clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_RECLAIM_NOGRACE,
>>>>>> +                               clear_bit(NFS_STATE_RECLAIM_NOGRACE,
>>>>>>                                         &state->flags);
>>>>>>                                 spin_lock(&sp->so_lock);
>>>>>>                                 goto restart;
>>>>>
>>>>> That's an obvious typo. Thanks for spotting it!
>>>>>
>>>>> As for whether or not the bit clear is needed at all, I think it is
>>>>> for NFSv4 on older kernels. On newer kernels, we do have the NFSv4
>>>>> state recovery drain the slot table (just like we've always done for
>>>>> NFSv4.1) and so I agree that those kernels probably won't be
>>>>> afflicted.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Trond. Do you need me to resubmit it without the last paragraph
>>>> or is the patch ok as is?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can easily remove that paragraph when applying the patch, if you
>>> agree that it is superfluous.
>>
>> Thanks. Works for me.
>>
>
> May I also add a signed-off-by line from you? I can't really apply
> this (or any other patches) without it.

Of course.

>
> Cheers
>   Trond
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