Re: [PATCH 1/2] NFSv4.1: Handle NFS4ERR_BADSESSION/NFS4ERR_DEADSESSION replies to OP_SEQUENCE

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On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Trond Myklebust
<trondmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 15:16 -0500, Olga Kornievskaia wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Trond Myklebust
>> <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > In the case where SEQUENCE receives a NFS4ERR_BADSESSION or
>> > NFS4ERR_DEADSESSION error, we just want to report the session as
>> > needing
>> > recovery, and then we want to retry the operation.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 4 ++++
>> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
>> > index f992281c9b29..4fd0e2b7b08e 100644
>> > --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
>> > +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
>> > @@ -816,6 +816,10 @@ static int nfs41_sequence_process(struct
>> > rpc_task *task,
>> >         case -NFS4ERR_SEQ_FALSE_RETRY:
>> >                 ++slot->seq_nr;
>> >                 goto retry_nowait;
>> > +       case -NFS4ERR_DEADSESSION:
>> > +       case -NFS4ERR_BADSESSION:
>> > +               nfs4_schedule_session_recovery(session, res-
>> > >sr_status);
>> > +               goto retry_nowait;
>> >         default:
>> >                 /* Just update the slot sequence no. */
>> >                 slot->seq_done = 1;
>> > --
>> > 2.9.3
>>
>> Hi Trond,
>>
>> Can you explain the implications of retrying the operation without
>> waiting for recovery to complete?
>>
>> This patch introduces regression in intra COPY failing if the server
>> rebooted during that operation. What happens is that COPY is re-sent
>> with the same stateid from the old open instead of the open that was
>> done from the recovery (leading to BAD_STATEID error and failure).
>>
>> I wonder if it's because COPY is written to just use nfs4_call_sync()
>> instead of defining rpc_callback_ops to handle rpc_prepare() where a
>> new stateid could be gotten? I have re-written the COPY to do that
>> and
>> I no longer see that problem.
>>
>> If my suspicion is correct, it would help for the future to know that
>> any operations that use stateid must have rpc callback ops
>> defined/used so that they avoid this problem. Perhaps as a comment in
>> the code or maybe some other way?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> Yes, the way that rpc_call_sync() has been written, it assumes that the
> call is unaffected by reboot recovery, or that the resulting state
> errors will be handled by the caller. The patch you reference does not
> change that expectation.

The "or" is confusing me. The current COPY code does call into
nfs4_handle_exception() and "should handle errors". Yet after this
patch, the code fails to in presence of a reboot. I don't see what
else can the current code should do in terms of handling errors to fix
that problem.

I'm almost ready to submit the patch that turns the existing code into
async rpc but if this is not the right approach then I'd like to know
where I should be looking into instead.

Thanks.

>
> The same race can happen, for instance, if your call to rpc_call_sync()
>  coincides with a reboot recovery that was started by another process.
>
> --
> Trond Myklebust
> Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData
> trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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