Re: [PATCH] nfsd: don't free files unconditionally in __nfsd_file_cache_purge

From: Chuck Lever III
Date: Sat Jan 21 2023 - 12:04:24 EST




> On Jan 20, 2023, at 3:54 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2023-01-20 at 20:21 +0000, Chuck Lever III wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 20, 2023, at 2:52 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> nfsd_file_cache_purge is called when the server is shutting down, in
>>> which case, tearing things down is generally fine, but it also gets
>>> called when the exports cache is flushed.
>>
>> Yeah... cache flush is probably the case we've been missing.
>>
>>
>>> Instead of walking the cache and freeing everything unconditionally,
>>> handle it the same as when we have a notification of conflicting access.
>>>
>>> Fixes: ac3a2585f018 ("nfsd: rework refcounting in filecache")
>>> Reported-by: Ruben Vestergaard <rubenv@xxxxxxxx>
>>> Reported-by: Torkil Svensgaard <torkil@xxxxxxxx>
>>> Reported-by: Shachar Kagan <skagan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> fs/nfsd/filecache.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>>> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> v2: use the same method to purge entries from the cache as we do when
>>> there is a notification of conflicting access.
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
>>> index 58ac93e7e680..397ae212b98d 100644
>>> --- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
>>> +++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
>>> @@ -661,6 +661,40 @@ static struct shrinker nfsd_file_shrinker = {
>>> .seeks = 1,
>>> };
>>>
>>> +/**
>>> + * maybe_queue_nfsd_file - try to unhash and queue a nfsd_file to be freed
>>> + * @nf: nfsd_file to attempt to queue
>>> + * @dispose: private list to queue successfully-put objects
>>> + *
>>> + * Unhash an nfsd_file, try to get a reference to it, and then put that
>>> + * reference. If it's the last reference, queue it to the dispose list.
>>> + *
>>> + * The caller MUST hold the rcu_read_lock() !
>>
>> __nfsd_file_cache_purge() isn't holding rcu_read_lock(), it's
>> holding the nfsd_mutex. Is this comment incorrect, or is it just
>> too specific? Or did I miss something obvious?
>>
>
> It's implicitly taken by rhashtable_walk_start and released by
> rhashtable_walk_stop.
>
> FWIW, it'd be nice if there were a lockdep_assert_held equivalent for
> the rcu_read_lock() here, but I didn't see one of those.

Would

static void
nfsd_file_cond_queue(struct nfsd_file *nf, struct list_head *dispose)
__must_hold(RCU)
{

do the trick?


> There is a
> rcu_read_lock_held(), but I didn't see a good way to get that to compile
> out when lockdep was disabled.
>
>>> + */
>>> +static void
>>> +maybe_queue_nfsd_file(struct nfsd_file *nf, struct list_head *dispose)
>>
>> I prefer the name nfsd_file_try_to_queue() or nfsd_file_try_to_dispose().
>> nfsd_file_ should be the prefix where possible. Unless you're
>> redriving, I can fix that.
>>
>>
>
> Rename at will.

Done and applied to nfsd-fixes, replacing v1 of this patch.


>>> +{
>>> + int decrement = 1;
>>> +
>>> + /* If we raced with someone else unhashing, ignore it */
>>> + if (!nfsd_file_unhash(nf))
>>> + return;
>>> +
>>> + /* If we can't get a reference, ignore it */
>>> + if (!nfsd_file_get(nf))
>>> + return;
>>> +
>>> + /* Extra decrement if we remove from the LRU */
>>> + if (nfsd_file_lru_remove(nf))
>>> + ++decrement;
>>> +
>>> + /* If refcount goes to 0, then put on the dispose list */
>>> + if (refcount_sub_and_test(decrement, &nf->nf_ref)) {
>>> + list_add(&nf->nf_lru, dispose);
>>> + trace_nfsd_file_closing(nf);
>>> + }
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> /**
>>> * nfsd_file_queue_for_close: try to close out any open nfsd_files for an inode
>>> * @inode: inode on which to close out nfsd_files
>>> @@ -688,30 +722,12 @@ nfsd_file_queue_for_close(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *dispose)
>>>
>>> rcu_read_lock();
>>> do {
>>> - int decrement = 1;
>>> -
>>> nf = rhashtable_lookup(&nfsd_file_rhash_tbl, &key,
>>> nfsd_file_rhash_params);
>>> if (!nf)
>>> break;
>>>
>>> - /* If we raced with someone else unhashing, ignore it */
>>> - if (!nfsd_file_unhash(nf))
>>> - continue;
>>> -
>>> - /* If we can't get a reference, ignore it */
>>> - if (!nfsd_file_get(nf))
>>> - continue;
>>> -
>>> - /* Extra decrement if we remove from the LRU */
>>> - if (nfsd_file_lru_remove(nf))
>>> - ++decrement;
>>> -
>>> - /* If refcount goes to 0, then put on the dispose list */
>>> - if (refcount_sub_and_test(decrement, &nf->nf_ref)) {
>>> - list_add(&nf->nf_lru, dispose);
>>> - trace_nfsd_file_closing(nf);
>>> - }
>>> + maybe_queue_nfsd_file(nf, dispose);
>>> } while (1);
>>> rcu_read_unlock();
>>> }
>>> @@ -928,11 +944,8 @@ __nfsd_file_cache_purge(struct net *net)
>>>
>>> nf = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter);
>>> while (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(nf)) {
>>> - if (!net || nf->nf_net == net) {
>>> - nfsd_file_unhash(nf);
>>> - nfsd_file_lru_remove(nf);
>>> - list_add(&nf->nf_lru, &dispose);
>>> - }
>>> + if (!net || nf->nf_net == net)
>>> + maybe_queue_nfsd_file(nf, &dispose);
>>> nf = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter);
>>> }
>>>
>>> --
>>> 2.39.0
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Chuck Lever
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Chuck Lever