The call to filemap_flush() in nfsd_file_put() is there to ensure that we clear out any writes belonging to a NFSv3 client relatively quickly and avoid situations where the file can't be evicted by the garbage collector. It also ensures that we detect write errors quickly. The problem is this causes a regression in performance for some workloads. So try to improve matters by deferring writeback until we're ready to close the file, and need to detect errors so that we can force the client to resend. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/filecache.c | 18 +++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c index 8bc807c5fea4..9578a6317709 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c @@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ nfsd_file_check_write_error(struct nfsd_file *nf) return filemap_check_wb_err(file->f_mapping, READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err)); } +static void +nfsd_file_flush(struct nfsd_file *nf) +{ + if (nf->nf_file && vfs_fsync(nf->nf_file, 1) != 0) + nfsd_reset_write_verifier(net_generic(nf->nf_net, nfsd_net_id)); +} + static void nfsd_file_do_unhash(struct nfsd_file *nf) { @@ -302,11 +309,14 @@ nfsd_file_put(struct nfsd_file *nf) return; } - filemap_flush(nf->nf_file->f_mapping); is_hashed = test_bit(NFSD_FILE_HASHED, &nf->nf_flags) != 0; - nfsd_file_put_noref(nf); - if (is_hashed) + if (!is_hashed) { + nfsd_file_flush(nf); + nfsd_file_put_noref(nf); + } else { + nfsd_file_put_noref(nf); nfsd_file_schedule_laundrette(); + } if (atomic_long_read(&nfsd_filecache_count) >= NFSD_FILE_LRU_LIMIT) nfsd_file_gc(); } @@ -327,6 +337,7 @@ nfsd_file_dispose_list(struct list_head *dispose) while(!list_empty(dispose)) { nf = list_first_entry(dispose, struct nfsd_file, nf_lru); list_del(&nf->nf_lru); + nfsd_file_flush(nf); nfsd_file_put_noref(nf); } } @@ -340,6 +351,7 @@ nfsd_file_dispose_list_sync(struct list_head *dispose) while(!list_empty(dispose)) { nf = list_first_entry(dispose, struct nfsd_file, nf_lru); list_del(&nf->nf_lru); + nfsd_file_flush(nf); if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&nf->nf_ref)) continue; if (nfsd_file_free(nf)) -- 2.35.1 -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx