Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] nfsstat01: Update client RPC calls for kernel 6.9

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On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 08:53:02PM +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> 
> 
> > > On Aug 23, 2024, at 2:46 AM, Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > Hi Chuck, Neil, all,
> 
> > >> On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 10:57:21AM +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> > >>> 6.9 moved client RPC calls to namespace in "Make nfs stats visible in
> > >>> network NS" patchet.
> 
> > >>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/cover.1708026931.git.josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
> > >>> ---
> > >>> Changes v1->v2:
> > >>> * Point out whole patchset, not just single commit
> > >>> * Add a comment about the patchset
> 
> > >>> Hi all,
> 
> > >>> could you please ack this so that we have fixed mainline?
> 
> > >>> FYI Some parts has been backported, e.g.:
> > >>> d47151b79e322 ("nfs: expose /proc/net/sunrpc/nfs in net namespaces")
> > >>> to all stable/LTS: 5.4.276, 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31.
> 
> > >>> But most of that is not yet (but planned to be backported), e.g.
> > >>> 93483ac5fec62 ("nfsd: expose /proc/net/sunrpc/nfsd in net namespaces")
> > >>> see Chuck's patchset for 6.6
> > >>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/20240812223604.32592-1-cel@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> > >>> Once all kernels up to 5.4 fixed we should update the version.
> 
> > >>> Kind regards,
> > >>> Petr
> 
> > >>> testcases/network/nfs/nfsstat01/nfsstat01.sh | 9 ++++++++-
> > >>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> > >>> diff --git a/testcases/network/nfs/nfsstat01/nfsstat01.sh b/testcases/network/nfs/nfsstat01/nfsstat01.sh
> > >>> index c2856eff1f..1beecbec43 100755
> > >>> --- a/testcases/network/nfs/nfsstat01/nfsstat01.sh
> > >>> +++ b/testcases/network/nfs/nfsstat01/nfsstat01.sh
> > >>> @@ -15,7 +15,14 @@ get_calls()
> > >>> local calls opt
> 
> > >>> [ "$name" = "rpc" ] && opt="r" || opt="n"
> > >>> - ! tst_net_use_netns && [ "$nfs_f" != "nfs" ] && type="rhost"
> > >>> +
> > >>> + if tst_net_use_netns; then
> > >>> + # "Make nfs stats visible in network NS" patchet
> > >>> + # https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/cover.1708026931.git.josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > >>> + tst_kvcmp -ge "6.9" && [ "$nfs_f" = "nfs" ] && type="rhost"
> 
> > >> Hello Petr-
> 
> > >> My concern with this fix is it targets v6.9 specifically, yet we
> > >> know these fixes will appear in LTS/stable kernels as well.
> 
> > > Great! I see you already fixed up to 5.15. I suppose the code is really
> > > backportable to the other still active branches (5.10, 5.4, 4.19).
> 
> > I plan to work on backporting to v5.10 next week.
> 
> > I've been asked to look at v5.4, but I'm not sure how difficult
> > that will be because it's missing a lot of NFSD patches. I will
> > look into that in a couple of weeks.
> 
> > I'm very likely to punt on v4.19, though Oracle's stable backport
> > team might try to tackle it at some point. (pun intended)
> 
> Thanks a lot for info, we'll see what you / your Oracle backport team will
> manage in the end.
> 
> > > We discussed in v1 how to fix tests.  Neil suggested to fix the test the way so
> > > that it works on all kernels. As I note [1]
> 
> > > 1) either we give up on checking the new functionality still works (if we
> > > fallback to old behavior)
> > > 2) or we need to specify from which kernel we expect new functionality
> > > (so far it's 5.15, I suppose it will be older).
> 
> > > I would prefer 2) to have new functionality always tested.
> > > Or am I missing something obvious?
> 
> > I don't quite understand the question.
> 
> > The "old functionality" of reporting these statistics globally
> > is broken, but we're stuck with it in the older kernels. I guess
> > you might want to confirm that, for a given recent kernel
> > release, the stats are actually per-namespace -- that's what we
> > expect in fixed kernels. Is that what you mean?
> 
> Yes. I'm just trying to say that Neil's proposal "work everywhere without
> checking kernel version" will not work. I would like next week, after you send
> 5.10 patches to expect anything >= 5.10 will have new functionality
> and update kernel version if more gets backported.

I wanted to be sure you were aware of Neil's suggestion, and it
sounds like it isn't workable for you. So, fair enough. I will get
to work on v5.10.y ;-)


> Kind regards,
> Petr
> 
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Petr
> 
> > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/172367387549.6062.7078032983644586462@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> > >> Neil Brown suggested an alternative approach that might not depend
> > >> on knowing the specific kernel version:
> 
> > >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/172078283934.15471.13377048166707693692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> > >> HTH
> 
> 
> > >>> + else
> > >>> + [ "$nfs_f" != "nfs" ] && type="rhost"
> > >>> + fi
> 
> > >>> if [ "$type" = "lhost" ]; then
> > >>> calls="$(grep $name /proc/net/rpc/$nfs_f | cut -d' ' -f$field)"
> > >>> -- 
> > >>> 2.45.2

-- 
Chuck Lever




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