On Thu, 2017-08-31 at 17:10 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 03:50:59PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > > ACK, I like that better too. I think a kerneldoc header is probably > > warranted here too, since this is a bit of an odd return situation. > > Am I overdoing it?: > > --b. > > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h > index 6421feeda4bd..2261728cc900 100644 > --- a/include/linux/fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h > @@ -2285,6 +2285,25 @@ static inline int break_deleg(struct inode *inode, void *who, unsigned int mode) > > #define DELEG_NO_WAIT ((struct inode *)1) > > +/** > + * try_break_deleg - initiate a delegation break > + * @inode: inode to break the delegation on > + * @deleg_break_ctl: delegation state; see below > + * > + * VFS operations that are incompatible with a delegation call this to > + * break any delegations on the inode first. The caller must first lock > + * the inode to prevent races with processes granting new delegations. > + * > + * Delegations may be slow to recall, so we initiate the recall but do > + * not wait for it here while holding locks. The caller should instead > + * drop locks and call break_deleg_wait() which will wait for a recall, > + * if there is one. The inode to wait on will be stored in > + * deleg_break_ctl, which also tracks who is breaking the delegation in > + * the NFS case. The caller can then retry the operation (possibly on a > + * different inode, since a new lookup may have been required after > + * reacquiring locks.) > + */ > + > static inline int try_break_deleg(struct inode *inode, struct deleg_break_ctl *deleg_break_ctl) > { > int ret; > @@ -2299,6 +2318,22 @@ static inline int try_break_deleg(struct inode *inode, struct deleg_break_ctl *d > return ret; > } > > +/** > + * break_deleg_wait - wait on a delegation recall if necessary > + * @deleg_break_ctl: delegation state > + * @error: error to use if there is no delegation to wait on > + * > + * This should be called with the deleg_break_ctl previously passed to > + * try_break_deleg(). > + * > + * If the previous try_break_deleg() found no delegation in need of > + * breaking, this is a no-op that just returns the given error. > + * > + * Otherwise it will wait for the delegation recall. If the wait is > + * succesful, it will return a positive value to indicate to the caller > + * that it should retry the operation that originally prompted the > + * break. > + */ > static inline int break_deleg_wait(struct deleg_break_ctl *deleg_break_ctl, int error) > { > if (!deleg_break_ctl->delegated_inode) No, I like it. This is tricky code, and having the rationale and detailed behavior spelled out in detail is a good thing. -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html