Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] nfsd: only keep unused entries on the LRU

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> On Oct 27, 2022, at 6:55 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 09:20 +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
>>> On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, Jeff Layton wrote:
>>>> Currently, nfsd_files live on the LRU once they are added until they are
>>>> unhashed. There's no need to keep ones that are actively in use there.
>>> 
>>> Is that true?
>>> nfsd_file_do_acquire() calls nfsd_file_lru_remove()
>>> Isn't that enough to keep the file off the lru while it is active?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> NeilBrown
>>> 
>> 
>> After patch #1, it doesn't call that anymore. That's probably a (minor)
>> regression then.
> 
> Yes, I eventually found that - thanks.
> 
>> 
>> After patch #1, the LRU holds a reference. If you successfully remove it
>> from the LRU, you need to transfer or put that reference. Doing the LRU
>> handling in the get and put routines seems more natural, I think.
> 
> Maybe.  But then you need a __get as well as a get.
> Though it might seem asymmetric, I would prefer removing from the lru in
> 'acquire' and adding to the lru in put.

That's exactly the design introduced by commit 4a0e73e635e3
("NFSD: Leave open files out of the filecache LRU"). I also
would like to keep that behavior -- that's what a real LRU
is for.


>> Maybe I just need to squash this patch into #1?
> 
> Or do the "put" if lru_remove succeeds in the first patch.  Then revise
> it all in the second.
> 
> Thanks,
> NeilBrown
> 
> 
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Before incrementing the refcount, do a lockless check for nf_lru being
>>>> empty. If it's not then attempt to remove the entry from the LRU. If
>>>> that's successful, claim the LRU reference and return it. If the removal
>>>> fails (or if the list_head was empty), then just increment the counter
>>>> as we normally would.
>>>> 
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> fs/nfsd/filecache.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>>>> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>> 
>>>> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
>>>> index e63534f4b9f8..d2bbded805d4 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
>>>> @@ -420,14 +420,31 @@ nfsd_file_unhash(struct nfsd_file *nf)
>>>> 	return false;
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> -struct nfsd_file *
>>>> -nfsd_file_get(struct nfsd_file *nf)
>>>> +static struct nfsd_file *
>>>> +__nfsd_file_get(struct nfsd_file *nf)
>>>> {
>>>> 	if (likely(refcount_inc_not_zero(&nf->nf_ref)))
>>>> 		return nf;
>>>> 	return NULL;
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> +struct nfsd_file *
>>>> +nfsd_file_get(struct nfsd_file *nf)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	/*
>>>> +	 * Do a lockless list_empty check first, before attempting to
>>>> +	 * remove it, so we can avoid the spinlock when it's not on the
>>>> +	 * list.
>>>> +	 *
>>>> +	 * If we successfully remove it from the LRU, then we can just
>>>> +	 * claim the LRU reference and return it. Otherwise, we need to
>>>> +	 * bump the counter the old-fashioned way.
>>>> +	 */
>>>> +	if (!list_empty(&nf->nf_lru) && nfsd_file_lru_remove(nf))
>>>> +		return nf;
>>>> +	return __nfsd_file_get(nf);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> /**
>>>>  * nfsd_file_unhash_and_queue - unhash a file and queue it to the dispose list
>>>>  * @nf: nfsd_file to be unhashed and queued
>>>> @@ -449,7 +466,7 @@ nfsd_file_unhash_and_queue(struct nfsd_file *nf, struct list_head *dispose)
>>>> 		 * to take a reference. If that fails, just ignore
>>>> 		 * the file altogether.
>>>> 		 */
>>>> -		if (!nfsd_file_lru_remove(nf) && !nfsd_file_get(nf))
>>>> +		if (!nfsd_file_lru_remove(nf) && !__nfsd_file_get(nf))
>>>> 			return false;
>>>> 		list_add(&nf->nf_lru, dispose);
>>>> 		return true;
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.37.3
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> 

--
Chuck Lever







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