On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 05:14:29PM -0400, Olga Kornievskaia wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:58 AM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 10:53:13AM -0400, Olga Kornievskaia wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 2:38 PM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 01:29:43PM -0400, Olga Kornievskaia wrote:
> >> >> Upon receiving OFFLOAD_CANCEL search the list of copy stateids,
> >> >> if found mark it cancelled. If copy has more interations to
> >> >> call vfs_copy_file_range, it'll stop it. Server won't be sending
> >> >> CB_OFFLOAD to the client since it received a cancel.
> >> >>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> ---
> >> >> fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >> >> fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >> >> fs/nfsd/state.h | 4 ++++
> >> >> 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >> >>
> >> >> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> >> >> index 3cddebb..f4f3d93 100644
> >> >> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> >> >> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> >> >> @@ -1139,6 +1139,7 @@ static int _nfsd_copy_file_range(struct nfsd4_copy *copy)
> >> >> size_t bytes_to_copy;
> >> >> u64 src_pos = copy->cp_src_pos;
> >> >> u64 dst_pos = copy->cp_dst_pos;
> >> >> + bool cancelled = false;
> >> >>
> >> >> do {
> >> >> bytes_to_copy = min_t(u64, bytes_total, MAX_RW_COUNT);
> >> >> @@ -1150,7 +1151,12 @@ static int _nfsd_copy_file_range(struct nfsd4_copy *copy)
> >> >> copy->cp_res.wr_bytes_written += bytes_copied;
> >> >> src_pos += bytes_copied;
> >> >> dst_pos += bytes_copied;
> >> >> - } while (bytes_total > 0 && !copy->cp_synchronous);
> >> >> + if (!copy->cp_synchronous) {
> >> >> + spin_lock(©->cps->cp_lock);
> >> >> + cancelled = copy->cps->cp_cancelled;
> >> >> + spin_unlock(©->cps->cp_lock);
> >> >> + }
> >> >> + } while (bytes_total > 0 && !copy->cp_synchronous && !cancelled);
> >> >> return bytes_copied;
> >> >
> >> > I'd rather we sent a signal, and then we won't need this
> >> > logic--vfs_copy_range() will just return EINTR or something.
> >>
> >> Hi Bruce,
> >>
> >> Now that I've implemented using the kthread instead of the workqueue,
> >> I don't see that it can provide any better guarantee than the work
> >> queue. vfs_copy_range() is not interrupted in the middle and returning
> >> the EINTR. The function that runs the kthread, it has to at some point
> >> call signalled()/kthread_should_stop() function to see if it was
> >> signaled and use it to 'stop working instead of continuing on'.
> >>
> >> If I were to remove the loop and check (if signaled() ||
> >> kthread_should_stop()) before and after calling the
> >> vfs_copy_file_range(), the copy will either not start if the
> >> OFFLOAD_CANCEL was received before copy started or the whole copy
> >> would happen.
> >>
> >> Even with the loop, I'd be checking after every call for
> >> vfs_copy_file_range() just like it was in the current version with the
> >> workqueue.
> >>
> >> Please advise if you still want the kthread-based implementation or
> >> keep the workqueue.
> >
> > That's interesting.
> >
> > To me that sounds like a bug somewhere under vfs_copy_file_range().
> > splice_direct_to_actor() can do long-running copies, so it should be
> > interruptible, shouldn't it?
>
> So I found it. Yes do_splice_direct() will react to somebody sending a
> ctrl-c and will stop. It calls signal_pendning(). However, in our
> case, I'm calling kthread_stop() and that sets a different flag and
> one needs to also check for kthread_should_stop() as a stopping
> condition. splice.c lacks that.
>
> I hope they can agree that it's a bug. I don't have any luck with VFS...
Argh. No, it's probably not their bug, I guess kthreads just ignore
signals. OK, I can't immediately see what the right thing to do is
here....
I do think we need to do something as we want to be able to interrupt
and clean up copy threads when we can.
--b.
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