linux/fs/nfsd
Chuck Lever 6df1941136 NFSD: Never call nfsd_file_gc() in foreground paths
The checks in nfsd_file_acquire() and nfsd_file_put() that directly
invoke filecache garbage collection are intended to keep cache
occupancy between a low- and high-watermark. The reason to limit the
capacity of the filecache is to keep filecache lookups reasonably
fast.

However, invoking garbage collection at those points has some
undesirable negative impacts. Files that are held open by NFSv4
clients often push the occupancy of the filecache over these
watermarks. At that point:

- Every call to nfsd_file_acquire() and nfsd_file_put() results in
  an LRU walk. This has the same effect on lookup latency as long
  chains in the hash table.
- Garbage collection will then run on every nfsd thread, causing a
  lot of unnecessary lock contention.
- Limiting cache capacity pushes out files used only by NFSv3
  clients, which are the type of files the filecache is supposed to
  help.

To address those negative impacts, remove the direct calls to the
garbage collector. Subsequent patches will address maintaining
lookup efficiency as cache capacity increases.

Suggested-by: Wang Yugui <wangyugui@e16-tech.com>
Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2022-07-29 20:11:19 -04:00
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acl.h
auth.c
auth.h
blocklayout.c block: remove genhd.h 2022-02-02 07:49:59 -07:00
blocklayoutxdr.c
blocklayoutxdr.h
cache.h
current_stateid.h
export.c fs: add is_idmapped_mnt() helper 2021-12-03 18:44:06 +01:00
export.h nfsd: report per-export stats 2021-01-25 09:36:28 -05:00
fault_inject.c
filecache.c NFSD: Never call nfsd_file_gc() in foreground paths 2022-07-29 20:11:19 -04:00
filecache.h NFSD: Report average age of filecache items 2022-07-29 20:09:22 -04:00
flexfilelayout.c nfsd: use correct format characters 2022-03-17 19:47:38 -04:00
flexfilelayoutxdr.c
flexfilelayoutxdr.h
idmap.h
Kconfig NFSD: Remove CONFIG_NFSD_V3 2022-03-11 10:25:14 -05:00
lockd.c NFSD: simplify struct nfsfh 2021-10-02 15:51:10 -04:00
Makefile NFSD: Remove CONFIG_NFSD_V3 2022-03-11 10:25:14 -05:00
netns.h NFSD: Rename boot verifier functions 2022-01-08 14:42:02 -05:00
nfs2acl.c SUNRPC: Return true/false (not 1/0) from bool functions 2022-03-27 23:25:52 -04:00
nfs3acl.c SUNRPC: Change return value type of .pc_encode 2021-10-13 11:34:49 -04:00
nfs3proc.c NFSD: Refactor NFSv3 CREATE 2022-05-20 13:18:24 -04:00
nfs3xdr.c NFSD: Deprecate NFS_OFFSET_MAX 2022-02-09 09:24:40 -05:00
nfs4acl.c acl: handle idmapped mounts 2021-01-24 14:27:17 +01:00
nfs4callback.c NFSD: simplify struct nfsfh 2021-10-02 15:51:10 -04:00
nfs4idmap.c
nfs4layouts.c nfsd: fix using the correct variable for sizeof() 2022-03-20 12:49:38 -04:00
nfs4proc.c NFSD: Demote a WARN to a pr_warn() 2022-07-29 20:09:21 -04:00
nfs4recover.c nfsd: Fix nsfd startup race (again) 2021-12-10 11:54:59 -05:00
nfs4state.c NFSD: Add documenting comment for nfsd4_release_lockowner() 2022-05-26 10:50:50 -04:00
nfs4xdr.c NFSD: Decode NFSv4 birth time attribute 2022-07-11 13:52:22 -04:00
nfscache.c nfsd: destroy percpu stats counters after reply cache shutdown 2022-05-23 15:22:17 -04:00
nfsctl.c NFSD: Hook up the filecache stat file 2022-07-29 20:10:07 -04:00
nfsd.h NFSD: Decode NFSv4 birth time attribute 2022-07-11 13:52:22 -04:00
nfsfh.c NFSD: Instrument fh_verify() 2022-07-29 20:08:56 -04:00
nfsfh.h NFSD: Remove CONFIG_NFSD_V3 2022-03-11 10:25:14 -05:00
nfsproc.c NFSD: prevent underflow in nfssvc_decode_writeargs() 2022-03-15 09:35:56 -04:00
nfssvc.c NFSD: Remove CONFIG_NFSD_V3 2022-03-11 10:25:14 -05:00
nfsxdr.c SUNRPC: Change return value type of .pc_encode 2021-10-13 11:34:49 -04:00
pnfs.h
state.h NFSD: add courteous server support for thread with only delegation 2022-05-19 12:25:39 -04:00
stats.c nfsd: make nfsd_stats.th_cnt atomic_t 2021-12-13 13:42:51 -05:00
stats.h nfsd: make nfsd_stats.th_cnt atomic_t 2021-12-13 13:42:51 -05:00
trace.c NFSD: Add SPDX header for fs/nfsd/trace.c 2020-11-30 13:00:24 -05:00
trace.h NFSD: Leave open files out of the filecache LRU 2022-07-29 20:10:08 -04:00
vfs.c Notable regression fixes: 2022-07-02 11:20:56 -07:00
vfs.h NFSD: Clean up nfsd_open_verified() 2022-05-20 13:18:25 -04:00
xdr3.h SUNRPC: Change return value type of .pc_encode 2021-10-13 11:34:49 -04:00
xdr4.h NFSD: Instantiate a struct file when creating a regular NFSv4 file 2022-05-23 11:06:29 -04:00
xdr4cb.h
xdr.h NFSD: prevent underflow in nfssvc_decode_writeargs() 2022-03-15 09:35:56 -04:00