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2011-07-20nfs_open_context doesn't need struct path eitherAl Viro1-2/+2
just dentry, please... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-20->permission() sanitizing: don't pass flags to ->permission()Al Viro1-1/+1
not used by the instances anymore. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-23NFSv4.1: layoutcommitAndy Adamson1-0/+1
The filelayout driver sends LAYOUTCOMMIT only when COMMIT goes to the data server (as opposed to the MDS) and the data server WRITE is not NFS_FILE_SYNC. Only whole file layout support means that there is only one IOMODE_RW layout segment. Signed-off-by: Andy Adamson <andros@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Alexandros Batsakis <batsakis@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Dean Hildebrand <dhildeb@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Mingyang Guo <guomingyang@nrchpc.ac.cn> Signed-off-by: Tao Guo <guotao@nrchpc.ac.cn> Signed-off-by: Zhang Jingwang <zhangjingwang@nrchpc.ac.cn> Tested-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-03-23NFSv4.1: filelayout driver specific code for COMMITFred Isaman1-0/+1
Implement all the hooks created in the previous patches. This requires exporting quite a few functions and adding a few structure fields. Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-03-23NFSv4.1: add generic layer hooks for pnfs COMMITFred Isaman1-0/+1
We create three major hooks for the pnfs code. pnfs_mark_request_commit() is called during writeback_done from nfs_mark_request_commit, which gives the driver an opportunity to claim it wants control over commiting a particular req. pnfs_choose_commit_list() is called from nfs_scan_list to choose which list a given req should be added to, based on where we intend to send it for COMMIT. It is up to the driver to have preallocated list headers for each destination it may need. pnfs_commit_list() is how the driver actually takes control, it is used instead of nfs_commit_list(). In order to pass information between the above functions, we create a union in nfs_page to hold a lseg (which is possible because the req is not on any list while in transition), and add some flags to indicate if we need to use the pnfs code. Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-03-23NFS: Detect loops in a readdir due to bad cookiesBryan Schumaker1-0/+2
Some filesystems (such as ext4) can return the same cookie value for multiple files. If we try to start a readdir with one of these cookies, the server will return the first file found with a cookie of the same value. This can cause the client to enter an infinite loop. Signed-off-by: Bryan Schumaker <bjschuma@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-03-23NFS: Create nfs_open_dir_contextBryan Schumaker1-0/+3
nfs_opendir() created a context that held much more information than we need for a readdir. This patch introduces a slimmed-down nfs_open_dir_context that contains only the cookie and the cred used for RPC operations. The new context will eventually be used to help detect readdir loops. Signed-off-by: Bryan Schumaker <bjschuma@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-03-21FS: Use stable writes when not doing a bulk flushTrond Myklebust1-0/+2
If we're only doing a single write, and there are no other unstable writes being queued up, we might want to just flip to using a stable write RPC call. Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-03-11NFS: change nfs_writeback_done to return voidFred Isaman1-1/+1
The return values are not used by any callers. Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-01-15NFS: Use d_automount() rather than abusing follow_link()David Howells1-1/+0
Make NFS use the new d_automount() dentry operation rather than abusing follow_link() on directories. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Acked-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-01-07fs: provide rcu-walk aware permission i_opsNick Piggin1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
2010-12-02NFS: Fix a memory leak in nfs_readdirTrond Myklebust1-0/+1
We need to ensure that the entries in the nfs_cache_array get cleared when the page is removed from the page cache. To do so, we use the freepage address_space operation. Change nfs_readdir_clear_array to use kmap_atomic(), so that the function can be safely called from all contexts. Finally, modify the cache_page_release helper to call nfs_readdir_clear_array directly, when dealing with an anonymous page from 'uncached_readdir'. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-11-16nfs: trivial: remove unused nfs_wait_event macroJeff Layton1-6/+0
Nothing uses this macro anymore. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-10-26Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6Linus Torvalds1-0/+5
* 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: net/sunrpc: Use static const char arrays nfs4: fix channel attribute sanity-checks NFSv4.1: Use more sensible names for 'initialize_mountpoint' NFSv4.1: pnfs: filelayout: add driver's LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO infrastructure NFSv4.1: pnfs: add LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO infrastructure NFS: client needs to maintain list of inodes with active layouts NFS: create and destroy inode's layout cache NFSv4.1: pnfs: filelayout: introduce minimal file layout driver NFSv4.1: pnfs: full mount/umount infrastructure NFS: set layout driver NFS: ask for layouttypes during v4 fsinfo call NFS: change stateid to be a union NFSv4.1: pnfsd, pnfs: protocol level pnfs constants SUNRPC: define xdr_decode_opaque_fixed NFSD: remove duplicate NFS4_STATEID_SIZE
2010-10-25Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6Linus Torvalds1-6/+8
* 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: (67 commits) SUNRPC: Cleanup duplicate assignment in rpcauth_refreshcred nfs: fix unchecked value Ask for time_delta during fsinfo probe Revalidate caches on lock SUNRPC: After calling xprt_release(), we must restart from call_reserve NFSv4: Fix up the 'dircount' hint in encode_readdir NFSv4: Clean up nfs4_decode_dirent NFSv4: nfs4_decode_dirent must clear entry->fattr->valid NFSv4: Fix a regression in decode_getfattr NFSv4: Fix up decode_attr_filehandle() to handle the case of empty fh pointer NFS: Ensure we check all allocation return values in new readdir code NFS: Readdir plus in v4 NFS: introduce generic decode_getattr function NFS: check xdr_decode for errors NFS: nfs_readdir_filler catch all errors NFS: readdir with vmapped pages NFS: remove page size checking code NFS: decode_dirent should use an xdr_stream SUNRPC: Add a helper function xdr_inline_peek NFS: remove readdir plus limit ...
2010-10-24NFS: create and destroy inode's layout cacheBenny Halevy1-0/+3
At the start of the io paths, try to grab the relevant layout information. This will initiate the inode's layout cache, but stubs ensure the cache stays empty. Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Dean Hildebrand <dhildebz@umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Tao Guo <guotao@nrchpc.ac.cn> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Labiaga <ricardo.labiaga@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Adamson <andros@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-10-24NFSv4.1: pnfs: filelayout: introduce minimal file layout driverDean Hildebrand1-0/+1
This driver just registers itself and supplies trivial mount/umount functions. Signed-off-by: Dean Hildebrand <dhildebz@umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-10-24NFS: set layout driverRicardo Labiaga1-0/+1
Put in the infrastructure that uses information returned from the server at mount to select a layout driver module. In this patch, a stub is used that always returns "no driver found". Signed-off-by: Ricardo Labiaga <Ricardo.Labiaga@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Dean Hildebrand <dhildebz@umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Adamson <andros@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-09-17nfs: move nfs_sillyrename to unlink.cJeff Layton1-1/+1
...since that's where most of the sillyrenaming code lives. A comment block is added to the beginning as well to clarify how sillyrenaming works. Also, make nfs_async_unlink static as nfs_sillyrename is the only caller. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-09-17NFSv4: Clean up nfs4_atomic_openTrond Myklebust1-0/+2
Start moving the 'struct nameidata' dependent code out of the lower level NFS code in preparation for the removal of open intents. Instead of the struct nameidata, we pass down a partially initialised struct nfs_open_context that will be fully initialised by the atomic open upon success. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-09-17NFS: Use super.c for NFSROOT mount option parsingChuck Lever1-5/+5
Replace duplicate code in NFSROOT for mounting an NFS server on '/' with logic that uses the existing mainline text-based logic in the NFS client. Add documenting comments where appropriate. Note that this means NFSROOT mounts now use the same default settings as v2/v3 mounts done via mount(2) from user space. vers=3,tcp,rsize=<negotiated default>,wsize=<negotiated default> As before, however, no version/protocol negotiation with the server is done. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-08-19nfs: __rcu annotationsArnd Bergmann1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-08-07Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.36' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6Linus Torvalds1-2/+11
* 'nfs-for-2.6.36' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: (42 commits) NFS: NFSv4.1 is no longer a "developer only" feature NFS: NFS_V4 is no longer an EXPERIMENTAL feature NFS: Fix /proc/mount for legacy binary interface NFS: Fix the locking in nfs4_callback_getattr SUNRPC: Defer deleting the security context until gss_do_free_ctx() SUNRPC: prevent task_cleanup running on freed xprt SUNRPC: Reduce asynchronous RPC task stack usage SUNRPC: Move the bound cred to struct rpc_rqst SUNRPC: Clean up of rpc_bindcred() SUNRPC: Move remaining RPC client related task initialisation into clnt.c SUNRPC: Ensure that rpc_exit() always wakes up a sleeping task SUNRPC: Make the credential cache hashtable size configurable SUNRPC: Store the hashtable size in struct rpc_cred_cache NFS: Ensure the AUTH_UNIX credcache is allocated dynamically NFS: Fix the NFS users of rpc_restart_call() SUNRPC: The function rpc_restart_call() should return success/failure NFSv4: Get rid of the bogus RPC_ASSASSINATED(task) checks NFSv4: Clean up the process of renewing the NFSv4 lease NFSv4.1: Handle NFS4ERR_DELAY on SEQUENCE correctly NFS: nfs_rename() should not have to flush out writebacks ...
2010-08-01NFS: Fix a typo in include/linux/nfs_fs.hTrond Myklebust1-0/+6
nfs_commit_inode() needs to be defined irrespectively of whether or not we are supporting NFSv3 and NFSv4. Allow the compiler to optimise away code in the NFSv2-only case by converting it into an inlined stub function. Reported-and-tested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-07-30NFS: kswapd must not block in nfs_release_pageTrond Myklebust1-0/+1
See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16056 If other processes are blocked waiting for kswapd to free up some memory so that they can make progress, then we cannot allow kswapd to block on those processes. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2010-07-30NFSv4: Ensure that we track the NFSv4 lock state in read/write requests.Trond Myklebust1-2/+11
This patch fixes bugzilla entry 14501: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14501 Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-05-14NFS: Add helper functions for allocating filehandles and fattr structsTrond Myklebust1-0/+14
NFS Filehandles and struct fattr are really too large to be allocated on the stack. This patch adds in a couple of helper functions to allocate them dynamically instead. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-04-22NFS: Fix an unstable write data integrity raceTrond Myklebust1-0/+1
Commit 2c61be0a9478258f77b66208a0c4b1f5f8161c3c (NFS: Ensure that the WRITE and COMMIT RPC calls are always uninterruptible) exposed a race on file close. In order to ensure correct close-to-open behaviour, we want to wait for all outstanding background commit operations to complete. This patch adds an inode flag that indicates if a commit operation is under way, and provides a mechanism to allow ->write_inode() to wait for its completion if this is a data integrity flush. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-03-05NFS: Remove requirement for inode->i_mutex from nfs_invalidate_mappingTrond Myklebust1-1/+0
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-03-05NFS: Simplify nfs_wb_page()Trond Myklebust1-1/+0
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-03-05NFS: Replace __nfs_write_mapping with sync_inode()Trond Myklebust1-2/+0
Now that we have correct COMMIT semantics in writeback_single_inode, we can reduce and simplify nfs_wb_all(). Also replace nfs_wb_nocommit() with a call to filemap_write_and_wait(), which doesn't need to hold the inode->i_mutex. With that done, we can eliminate nfs_write_mapping() altogether. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-03-05NFS: Simplify nfs_wb_page_cancel()Trond Myklebust1-2/+0
In all cases we should be able to just remove the request and call cancel_dirty_page(). Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-03-05NFS: Add a count of the number of unstable writes carried by an inodeTrond Myklebust1-0/+1
In order to know when we should do opportunistic commits of the unstable writes, when the VM is doing a background flush, we add a field to count the number of unstable writes. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-03-05NFS: Cleanup - move nfs_write_inode() into fs/nfs/write.cTrond Myklebust1-7/+0
The sole purpose of nfs_write_inode is to commit unstable writes, so move it into fs/nfs/write.c, and make nfs_commit_inode static. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2009-09-26headers: kref.h reduxAlexey Dobriyan1-1/+0
* remove asm/atomic.h inclusion from kref.h -- not needed, linux/types.h is enough for atomic_t * remove linux/kref.h inclusion from files which do not need it. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-12NFS: Fix an O_DIRECT Oops...Trond Myklebust1-3/+2
We can't call nfs_readdata_release()/nfs_writedata_release() without first initialising and referencing args.context. Doing so inside nfs_direct_read_schedule_segment()/nfs_direct_write_schedule_segment() causes an Oops. We should rather be calling nfs_readdata_free()/nfs_writedata_free() in those cases. Looking at the O_DIRECT code, the "struct nfs_direct_req" is already referencing the nfs_open_context for us. Since the readdata and writedata structures carry a reference to that, we can simplify things by getting rid of the extra nfs_open_context references, so that we can replace all instances of nfs_readdata_release()/nfs_writedata_release(). Reported-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Tested-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-03NFS: nfs_readpage_async() needs to be accessible as a fallback for local cachingDavid Howells1-0/+2
nfs_readpage_async() needs to be non-static so that it can be used as a fallback for the local on-disk caching should an EIO crop up when reading the cache. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Tested-by: Daire Byrne <Daire.Byrne@framestore.com>
2009-04-03NFS: Use local disk inode cacheDavid Howells1-0/+10
Bind data storage objects in the local cache to NFS inodes. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Tested-by: Daire Byrne <Daire.Byrne@framestore.com>
2009-04-03NFS: Add FS-Cache option bit and debug bitDavid Howells1-0/+1
Add FS-Cache option bit to nfs_server struct. This is set to indicate local on-disk caching is enabled for a particular superblock. Also add debug bit for local caching operations. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Tested-by: Daire Byrne <Daire.Byrne@framestore.com>
2009-04-01Merge branch 'devel' into for-linusTrond Myklebust1-2/+2
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: NFSAl Viro1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-11NFS: Throttle page dirtying while we're flushing to diskTrond Myklebust1-0/+1
The following patch is a combination of a patch by myself and Peter Staubach. Trond: If we allow other processes to dirty pages while a process is doing a consistency sync to disk, we can end up never making progress. Peter: Attached is a patch which addresses a continuing problem with the NFS client generating out of order WRITE requests. While this is compliant with all of the current protocol specifications, there are servers in the market which can not handle out of order WRITE requests very well. Also, this may lead to sub-optimal block allocations in the underlying file system on the server. This may cause the read throughputs to be reduced when reading the file from the server. Peter: There has been a lot of work recently done to address out of order issues on a systemic level. However, the NFS client is still susceptible to the problem. Out of order WRITE requests can occur when pdflush is in the middle of writing out pages while the process dirtying the pages calls generic_file_buffered_write which calls generic_perform_write which calls balance_dirty_pages_rate_limited which ends up calling writeback_inodes which ends up calling back into the NFS client to writes out dirty pages for the same file that pdflush happens to be working with. Signed-off-by: Peter Staubach <staubach@redhat.com> [modification by Trond to merge the two similar patches] Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2009-03-11NFS: cleanup - remove struct nfs_inode->ncommitTrond Myklebust1-2/+1
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2008-12-23optimize attribute timeouts for "noac" and "actimeo=0"Peter Staubach1-1/+4
Hi. I've been looking at a bugzilla which describes a problem where a customer was advised to use either the "noac" or "actimeo=0" mount options to solve a consistency problem that they were seeing in the file attributes. It turned out that this solution did not work reliably for them because sometimes, the local attribute cache was believed to be valid and not timed out. (With an attribute cache timeout of 0, the cache should always appear to be timed out.) In looking at this situation, it appears to me that the problem is that the attribute cache timeout code has an off-by-one error in it. It is assuming that the cache is valid in the region, [read_cache_jiffies, read_cache_jiffies + attrtimeo]. The cache should be considered valid only in the region, [read_cache_jiffies, read_cache_jiffies + attrtimeo). With this change, the options, "noac" and "actimeo=0", work as originally expected. This problem was previously addressed by special casing the attrtimeo == 0 case. However, since the problem is only an off- by-one error, the cleaner solution is address the off-by-one error and thus, not require the special case. Thanx... ps Signed-off-by: Peter Staubach <staubach@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2008-12-23NFSv4: Convert the open and close ops to use fmodeTrond Myklebust1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2008-12-23NFSv4: Convert delegation->type field to fmode_tTrond Myklebust1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2008-12-23NFS: Move declaration of nfs_mount() to fs/nfs/internal.hChuck Lever1-6/+0
Clean up: The nfs_mount() function is not to be used outside of the NFS client. Move its public declaration to fs/nfs/internal.h. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2008-10-17Make nfs_file_cred more robust.Neil Brown1-2/+6
As not all files have an associated open_context (e.g. device special files), it is safest to test for the existence of the open context before de-referencing it. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2008-10-14NFS: Fix the resolution problem with nfs_inode_attrs_need_update()Trond Myklebust1-7/+3
It appears that 'jiffies' timestamps do not have high enough resolution for nfs_inode_attrs_need_update(). One problem is that a GETATTR can be launched within < 1 jiffy of the last operation that updated the attribute. Another problem is that RPC calls can take < 1 jiffy to execute. We can fix this by switching the variables to use a simple global counter that gets incremented every time we start another GETATTR call. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2008-10-07NFS: Allow concurrent inode revalidationTrond Myklebust1-5/+4
Currently, if two processes are both trying to revalidate metadata for the same inode, they will find themselves being serialised. There is no good justification for this now that we have improved our ability to detect stale attribute data, so we should remove that serialisation. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>