This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
smb: client: make laundromat a delayed worker
to the 6.5-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
smb-client-make-laundromat-a-delayed-worker.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.5 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit d292c9229a94395ae7ac80ac76a168fe41fbe7c8
Author: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Oct 5 16:04:25 2023 -0300
smb: client: make laundromat a delayed worker
[ Upstream commit e95f3f74465072c2545d8e65a3c3a96e37129cf8 ]
By having laundromat kthread processing cached directories on every
second turned out to be overkill, especially when having multiple SMB
mounts.
Relax it by using a delayed worker instead that gets scheduled on
every @dir_cache_timeout (default=30) seconds per tcon.
This also fixes the 1s delay when tearing down tcon.
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
index e2be8aedb26e3..a9e5d3b7e9a05 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
static struct cached_fid *init_cached_dir(const char *path);
static void free_cached_dir(struct cached_fid *cfid);
static void smb2_close_cached_fid(struct kref *ref);
+static void cfids_laundromat_worker(struct work_struct *work);
static struct cached_fid *find_or_create_cached_dir(struct cached_fids *cfids,
const char *path,
@@ -572,53 +573,46 @@ static void free_cached_dir(struct cached_fid *cfid)
kfree(cfid);
}
-static int
-cifs_cfids_laundromat_thread(void *p)
+static void cfids_laundromat_worker(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct cached_fids *cfids = p;
+ struct cached_fids *cfids;
struct cached_fid *cfid, *q;
- struct list_head entry;
+ LIST_HEAD(entry);
- while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
- ssleep(1);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry);
- if (kthread_should_stop())
- return 0;
- spin_lock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(cfid, q, &cfids->entries, entry) {
- if (time_after(jiffies, cfid->time + HZ * dir_cache_timeout)) {
- list_del(&cfid->entry);
- list_add(&cfid->entry, &entry);
- cfids->num_entries--;
- }
+ cfids = container_of(work, struct cached_fids, laundromat_work.work);
+
+ spin_lock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(cfid, q, &cfids->entries, entry) {
+ if (time_after(jiffies, cfid->time + HZ * dir_cache_timeout)) {
+ list_move(&cfid->entry, &entry);
+ cfids->num_entries--;
}
- spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(cfid, q, &entry, entry) {
- cfid->on_list = false;
- list_del(&cfid->entry);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(cfid, q, &entry, entry) {
+ cfid->on_list = false;
+ list_del(&cfid->entry);
+ /*
+ * Cancel and wait for the work to finish in case we are racing
+ * with it.
+ */
+ cancel_work_sync(&cfid->lease_break);
+ if (cfid->has_lease) {
/*
- * Cancel, and wait for the work to finish in
- * case we are racing with it.
+ * Our lease has not yet been cancelled from the server
+ * so we need to drop the reference.
*/
- cancel_work_sync(&cfid->lease_break);
- if (cfid->has_lease) {
- /*
- * We lease has not yet been cancelled from
- * the server so we need to drop the reference.
- */
- spin_lock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
- cfid->has_lease = false;
- spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
- kref_put(&cfid->refcount, smb2_close_cached_fid);
- }
+ spin_lock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
+ cfid->has_lease = false;
+ spin_unlock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
+ kref_put(&cfid->refcount, smb2_close_cached_fid);
}
}
-
- return 0;
+ queue_delayed_work(cifsiod_wq, &cfids->laundromat_work,
+ dir_cache_timeout * HZ);
}
-
struct cached_fids *init_cached_dirs(void)
{
struct cached_fids *cfids;
@@ -629,19 +623,10 @@ struct cached_fids *init_cached_dirs(void)
spin_lock_init(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cfids->entries);
- /*
- * since we're in a cifs function already, we know that
- * this will succeed. No need for try_module_get().
- */
- __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
- cfids->laundromat = kthread_run(cifs_cfids_laundromat_thread,
- cfids, "cifsd-cfid-laundromat");
- if (IS_ERR(cfids->laundromat)) {
- cifs_dbg(VFS, "Failed to start cfids laundromat thread.\n");
- kfree(cfids);
- module_put(THIS_MODULE);
- return NULL;
- }
+ INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&cfids->laundromat_work, cfids_laundromat_worker);
+ queue_delayed_work(cifsiod_wq, &cfids->laundromat_work,
+ dir_cache_timeout * HZ);
+
return cfids;
}
@@ -657,11 +642,7 @@ void free_cached_dirs(struct cached_fids *cfids)
if (cfids == NULL)
return;
- if (cfids->laundromat) {
- kthread_stop(cfids->laundromat);
- cfids->laundromat = NULL;
- module_put(THIS_MODULE);
- }
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cfids->laundromat_work);
spin_lock(&cfids->cfid_list_lock);
list_for_each_entry_safe(cfid, q, &cfids->entries, entry) {
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h
index a82ff2cea789c..81ba0fd5cc16d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct cached_fids {
spinlock_t cfid_list_lock;
int num_entries;
struct list_head entries;
- struct task_struct *laundromat;
+ struct delayed_work laundromat_work;
};
extern struct cached_fids *init_cached_dirs(void);
