This is a combined posting of two previously posted patches. The first unconditionally adds the type attribute to the list of requested attributes for v4 READDIR. The second patch enables a per-mount modification via sysfs of any of the attributes the client will currently decode for v4 READDIR. The first patch solves a real problem but may cause a performance regression for some servers that require extra processing to return inode information along with the namespace. We performed an informal survey of most of the major NFSv4 server vendors and although we did not learn of any that may be impacted, the potential remains. The second patch gives us a way to disable this new READDIR behavior should we find a serious impact in an existing setup. I would appreciate serious consideration of this patch in light of the number of claimed performance regressions that have been reported almost every time we touch this sensitive operation on the client. For example: echo 0x800 0x800000 0x0 > /sys/fs/nfs/0\:57/v4_readdir_attrs .. will revert the behavior change from patch 1. Benjamin Coddington (2): NFSv4: Always ask for type with READDIR NFSv4: Allow per-mount tuning of READDIR attrs fs/nfs/client.c | 2 + fs/nfs/nfs4client.c | 4 ++ fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 1 + fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c | 9 ++--- fs/nfs/sysfs.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h | 1 + include/linux/nfs_xdr.h | 1 + 7 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.41.0
