Re: [PATCH 2/2] nfsd: give out fewer session slots as limit approaches

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On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 01:17:30PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> 	- Maybe we should just keep allowing small sessions (1 slot?)
> 	  even past the limit.  Worst case the subsequent kmalloc fails.

So to be clear, I think that's what I'd do for now instead of trying to
find a better error return.

And probably put the 1/3->1/16 change in a separate patch.

--b.

> 
> --b.
> 
> > 
> > >  Also, I'd like to suggest that the '1/3' heuristic be change to 1/16.
> > >  Assuming 30 slots get handed out normally (which my testing shows -
> > >  about 2k each, with an upper limit of 64k):
> > >    When 90 slots left, we hand out
> > >     30 (now 60 left)
> > >     20 (now 40 left)
> > >     13 (now 27 left)
> > >      9 (now 18 left)
> > >      6 (now 12 left)
> > >      4 (now 8 left)
> > >      2 (now 6 left)
> > >      2 (now 4 left)
> > >      1
> > >      1
> > >      1
> > >      1
> > >  which is a rapid decline as clients are added.
> > >  With 16, we hand out 30 at a time until 480 slots are left (30Meg)
> > >  then: 30 28 26 24 23 21 20 19 18 6 15 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7
> > >     6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> > >     1 1
> > >  slots per session
> > > 
> > >  Am I convincing?
> > > 
> > > To make it more concrete: this is what I'm thinking of.  Which bits do
> > > you like?
> > 
> > Except for the error return, it looks good to me.
> > 
> > --b.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > NeilBrown
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> > > index 7857942c5ca6..5d11ceaee998 100644
> > > --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> > > +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> > > @@ -1573,11 +1573,15 @@ static u32 nfsd4_get_drc_mem(struct nfsd4_channel_attrs *ca)
> > >  	total_avail = nfsd_drc_max_mem - nfsd_drc_mem_used;
> > >  	avail = min((unsigned long)NFSD_MAX_MEM_PER_SESSION, total_avail);
> > >  	/*
> > > -	 * Never use more than a third of the remaining memory,
> > > +	 * Never use more than a 1/16 of the remaining memory,
> > >  	 * unless it's the only way to give this client a slot:
> > >  	 */
> > > -	avail = clamp_t(unsigned long, avail, slotsize, total_avail/3);
> > > +	avail = clamp_t(unsigned long, avail, slotsize, total_avail/16);
> > >  	num = min_t(int, num, avail / slotsize);
> > > +	if (nfsd_drc_mem_used + num * slotsize > nfsd_drc_max_mem)
> > > +		/* Completely out of space - sorry */
> > > +		num = 0;
> > > +
> > >  	nfsd_drc_mem_used += num * slotsize;
> > >  	spin_unlock(&nfsd_drc_lock);
> > >  
> > > @@ -3172,7 +3176,7 @@ static __be32 check_forechannel_attrs(struct nfsd4_channel_attrs *ca, struct nfs
> > >  	 */
> > >  	ca->maxreqs = nfsd4_get_drc_mem(ca);
> > >  	if (!ca->maxreqs)
> > > -		return nfserr_jukebox;
> > > +		return nfserr_resource;
> > >  
> > >  	return nfs_ok;
> > >  }
> > 
> > 



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