Re: kernel stable 4.9 - NFSv4 callback processes fills process table

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On 09/18/17 18:06, Jan Hudoba wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/18/2017 05:52 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 05:27:00PM +0200, Jan Hudoba wrote:
>>> hello,
>>> when using nfs with automount (umount every N secs), every mount creates
>>> "NFSv4 callback" process. after while these fills process table.
>>>
>>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2017/05/msg00193.html
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427493
>>>
>>> i have same problems. listed commits solved them.
>>> thanks for including patches.
>>>
>>> "Aurelien Jarno:"
>>>
>>> It seems the issues is fixed since 4.12-rc1 by the following set of
>>> commts:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> |  commit ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a
>>> |  Author: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> |  Date:   Wed Apr 26 11:55:27 2017 -0400
>>> |
>>> |      NFSv4: Fix callback server shutdown
>>> |
>>> |      We want to use kthread_stop() in order to ensure the threads are
>>> |      shut down before we tear down the nfs_callback_info in
>>> nfs_callback_down.
>>> |
>>> |      Tested-and-reviewed-by: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> |      Reported-by: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> |      Fixes: bb6aeba736ba9 ("NFSv4.x: Switch to using
>>> svc_set_num_threads()...")
>>> |      Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> |      Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> |
>>> |  commit 9e0d87680d689f1758185851c3da6eafb16e71e1
>>> |  Author: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> |  Date:   Wed Apr 26 11:55:26 2017 -0400
>>> |
>>> |      SUNRPC: Refactor svc_set_num_threads()
>>> |
>>> |      Refactor to separate out the functions of starting and stopping
>>> threads
>>> |      so that they can be used in other helpers.
>>> |
>>> |      Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> |      Tested-and-reviewed-by: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> |      Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> |
>>> |  commit df807fffaabde625fa9adb82e3e5b88cdaa5709a
>>> |  Author: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> |  Date:   Thu Apr 27 11:13:38 2017 +0800
>>> |
>>> |      NFSv4.x/callback: Create the callback service through
>>> svc_create_pooled
>>> |
>>> |      As the comments for svc_set_num_threads() said,
>>> |      " Destroying threads relies on the service threads filling in
>>> |      rqstp->rq_task, which only the nfs ones do.  Assumes the serv
>>> |      has been created using svc_create_pooled()."
>>> |
>>> |      If creating service through svc_create(), the svc_pool_map_put()
>>> |      will be called in svc_destroy(), but the pool map isn't used.
>>> |      So that, the reference of pool map will be drop, the next using
>>> |      of pool map will get a zero npools.
>>
>>
>> Care to cc: the authors/maintainers of these patches to see if they
>> agree it should be backported?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> greg k-h

I also use automounter and can confirm this, though I never noticed
until now. Just a heads up for merging: commit df807fffaa is already in
4.9x-stable as 4ebe28d23d.

I can also confirm that the other two patches (here on top of 4.9.51)
seem to do the trick: multiple mount/unmount sequences no longer create
a growing number of callback threads.

-h

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