This change set is consolidating the changes discussed and/or mentioned
in [1] and [2]. I have not received any feedback about any of the
patches included in this change set, so I am rebasing them on current
linux-next tip and bringing them all in one place.
As mentioned in [1], since changing per-fs kernfs_rwsem into a hashed
rwsem is not working for all scenarios, PATCH-1 here tries to address
the same issue with the help of another newly introduced per-fs rwsem.
PATCH-2 and PATCH-3 are basically resend of PATCH-1 and PATCH-2
respectively in [2].
It would be really helpful if I could get some feedback about this
changeset so that we can reduce the kernfs_rwsem contention and make
sysfs access more scalable for large-scale systems.
The patches in this change set are as follows:
PATCH-1: kernfs: Introduce separate rwsem to protect inode attributes.
PATCH-2: kernfs: Use a per-fs rwsem to protect per-fs list of
kernfs_super_info.
PATCH-3: kernfs: change kernfs_rename_lock into a read-write lock.
Imran Khan (3):
kernfs: Introduce separate rwsem to protect inode attributes.
Use a per-fs rwsem to protect per-fs list of kernfs_super_info.
kernfs: change kernfs_rename_lock into a read-write lock.
fs/kernfs/dir.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
fs/kernfs/file.c | 2 ++
fs/kernfs/inode.c | 16 ++++++++--------
fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h | 2 ++
fs/kernfs/mount.c | 8 ++++----
5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
base-commit: 7f7a8831520f12a3cf894b0627641fad33971221
[1]:https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
[2]:https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
--
2.34.1
Right now a global per-fs rwsem (kernfs_rwsem) synchronizes multiple
kernfs operations. On a large system with few hundred CPUs and few
hundred applications simultaneoulsy trying to access sysfs, this
results in multiple sys_open(s) contending on kernfs_rwsem via
kernfs_iop_permission and kernfs_dop_revalidate.
For example on a system with 384 cores, if I run 200 instances of an
application which is mostly executing the following loop:
for (int loop = 0; loop <100 ; loop++)
{
for (int port_num = 1; port_num < 2; port_num++)
{
for (int gid_index = 0; gid_index < 254; gid_index++ )
{
char ret_buf[64], ret_buf_lo[64];
char gid_file_path[1024];
int ret_len;
int ret_fd;
ssize_t ret_rd;
ub4 i, saved_errno;
memset(ret_buf, 0, sizeof(ret_buf));
memset(gid_file_path, 0, sizeof(gid_file_path));
ret_len = snprintf(gid_file_path, sizeof(gid_file_path),
"/sys/class/infiniband/%s/ports/%d/gids/%d",
dev_name,
port_num,
gid_index);
ret_fd = open(gid_file_path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
if (ret_fd < 0)
{
printf("Failed to open %s\n", gid_file_path);
continue;
}
/* Read the GID */
ret_rd = read(ret_fd, ret_buf, 40);
if (ret_rd == -1)
{
printf("Failed to read from file %s, errno: %u\n",
gid_file_path, saved_errno);
continue;
}
close(ret_fd);
}
}
I see contention around kernfs_rwsem as follows:
path_openat
|
|----link_path_walk.part.0.constprop.0
| |
| |--49.92%--inode_permission
| | |
| | --48.69%--kernfs_iop_permission
| | |
| | |--18.16%--down_read
| | |
| | |--15.38%--up_read
| | |
| | --14.58%--_raw_spin_lock
| | |
| | -----
| |
| |--29.08%--walk_component
| | |
| | --29.02%--lookup_fast
| | |
| | |--24.26%--kernfs_dop_revalidate
| | | |
| | | |--14.97%--down_read
| | | |
| | | --9.01%--up_read
| | |
| | --4.74%--__d_lookup
| | |
| | --4.64%--_raw_spin_lock
| | |
| | ----
Having a separate per-fs rwsem to protect kernfs inode attributes,
will avoid the above mentioned contention and result in better
performance as can bee seen below:
path_openat
|
|----link_path_walk.part.0.constprop.0
| |
| |
| |--27.06%--inode_permission
| | |
| | --25.84%--kernfs_iop_permission
| | |
| | |--9.29%--up_read
| | |
| | |--8.19%--down_read
| | |
| | --7.89%--_raw_spin_lock
| | |
| | ----
| |
| |--22.42%--walk_component
| | |
| | --22.36%--lookup_fast
| | |
| | |--16.07%--__d_lookup
| | | |
| | | --16.01%--_raw_spin_lock
| | | |
| | | ----
| | |
| | --6.28%--kernfs_dop_revalidate
| | |
| | |--3.76%--down_read
| | |
| | --2.26%--up_read
As can be seen from the above data the overhead due to both
kerfs_iop_permission and kernfs_dop_revalidate have gone down and
this also reduces overall run time of the earlier mentioned loop.
Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <[email protected]>
---
fs/kernfs/dir.c | 7 +++++++
fs/kernfs/inode.c | 16 ++++++++--------
fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index ef00b5fe8ceea..953b2717c60e6 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -770,12 +770,15 @@ int kernfs_add_one(struct kernfs_node *kn)
goto out_unlock;
/* Update timestamps on the parent */
+ down_write(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
+
ps_iattr = parent->iattr;
if (ps_iattr) {
ktime_get_real_ts64(&ps_iattr->ia_ctime);
ps_iattr->ia_mtime = ps_iattr->ia_ctime;
}
+ up_write(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
/*
@@ -940,6 +943,7 @@ struct kernfs_root *kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops,
idr_init(&root->ino_idr);
init_rwsem(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ init_rwsem(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->supers);
/*
@@ -1462,11 +1466,14 @@ static void __kernfs_remove(struct kernfs_node *kn)
pos->parent ? pos->parent->iattr : NULL;
/* update timestamps on the parent */
+ down_write(&kernfs_root(kn)->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
+
if (ps_iattr) {
ktime_get_real_ts64(&ps_iattr->ia_ctime);
ps_iattr->ia_mtime = ps_iattr->ia_ctime;
}
+ up_write(&kernfs_root(kn)->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
kernfs_put(pos);
}
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index 30494dcb0df34..b22b74d1a1150 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ int kernfs_setattr(struct kernfs_node *kn, const struct iattr *iattr)
int ret;
struct kernfs_root *root = kernfs_root(kn);
- down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ down_write(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
ret = __kernfs_setattr(kn, iattr);
- up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ up_write(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
return ret;
}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int kernfs_iop_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
return -EINVAL;
root = kernfs_root(kn);
- down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ down_write(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
error = setattr_prepare(&nop_mnt_idmap, dentry, iattr);
if (error)
goto out;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int kernfs_iop_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
setattr_copy(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, iattr);
out:
- up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ up_write(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
return error;
}
@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ int kernfs_iop_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
struct kernfs_node *kn = inode->i_private;
struct kernfs_root *root = kernfs_root(kn);
- down_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ down_read(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
kernfs_refresh_inode(kn, inode);
generic_fillattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, stat);
- up_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ up_read(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
return 0;
}
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ int kernfs_iop_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
kn = inode->i_private;
root = kernfs_root(kn);
- down_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ down_read(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
kernfs_refresh_inode(kn, inode);
ret = generic_permission(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, mask);
- up_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ up_read(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 236c3a6113f1e..3297093c920de 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct kernfs_root {
wait_queue_head_t deactivate_waitq;
struct rw_semaphore kernfs_rwsem;
+ struct rw_semaphore kernfs_iattr_rwsem;
};
/* +1 to avoid triggering overflow warning when negating it */
--
2.34.1
kernfs_rename_lock protects a node's ->parent and thus kernfs topology.
Thus it can be used in cases that rely on a stable kernfs topology.
Change it to a read-write lock for better scalability.
Suggested by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <[email protected]>
---
fs/kernfs/dir.c | 18 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 2cdb8516e5287..06e27b36216fe 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
#include "kernfs-internal.h"
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kernfs_rename_lock); /* kn->parent and ->name */
+static DEFINE_RWLOCK(kernfs_rename_lock); /* kn->parent and ->name */
/*
* Don't use rename_lock to piggy back on pr_cont_buf. We don't want to
* call pr_cont() while holding rename_lock. Because sometimes pr_cont()
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ int kernfs_name(struct kernfs_node *kn, char *buf, size_t buflen)
unsigned long flags;
int ret;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
+ read_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
ret = kernfs_name_locked(kn, buf, buflen);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
+ read_unlock_irqrestore(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
return ret;
}
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ int kernfs_path_from_node(struct kernfs_node *to, struct kernfs_node *from,
unsigned long flags;
int ret;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
+ read_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
ret = kernfs_path_from_node_locked(to, from, buf, buflen);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
+ read_unlock_irqrestore(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernfs_path_from_node);
@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_get_parent(struct kernfs_node *kn)
struct kernfs_node *parent;
unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
+ read_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
parent = kn->parent;
kernfs_get(parent);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
+ read_unlock_irqrestore(&kernfs_rename_lock, flags);
return parent;
}
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
kernfs_get(new_parent);
/* rename_lock protects ->parent and ->name accessors */
- spin_lock_irq(&kernfs_rename_lock);
+ write_lock_irq(&kernfs_rename_lock);
old_parent = kn->parent;
kn->parent = new_parent;
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
kn->name = new_name;
}
- spin_unlock_irq(&kernfs_rename_lock);
+ write_unlock_irq(&kernfs_rename_lock);
kn->hash = kernfs_name_hash(kn->name, kn->ns);
kernfs_link_sibling(kn);
--
2.34.1
Right now per-fs kernfs_rwsem protects list of kernfs_super_info instances
for a kernfs_root. Since kernfs_rwsem is used to synchronize several other
operations across kernfs and since most of these operations don't impact
kernfs_super_info, we can use a separate per-fs rwsem to synchronize access
to list of kernfs_super_info.
This helps in reducing contention around kernfs_rwsem and also allows
operations that change/access list of kernfs_super_info to proceed without
contending for kernfs_rwsem.
Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <[email protected]>
---
fs/kernfs/dir.c | 1 +
fs/kernfs/file.c | 2 ++
fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h | 1 +
fs/kernfs/mount.c | 8 ++++----
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 953b2717c60e6..2cdb8516e5287 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ struct kernfs_root *kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops,
idr_init(&root->ino_idr);
init_rwsem(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
init_rwsem(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
+ init_rwsem(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->supers);
/*
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index e4a50e4ff0d23..b84cf0cd4bd44 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ static void kernfs_notify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
/* kick fsnotify */
down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ down_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
list_for_each_entry(info, &kernfs_root(kn)->supers, node) {
struct kernfs_node *parent;
struct inode *p_inode = NULL;
@@ -960,6 +961,7 @@ static void kernfs_notify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
iput(inode);
}
+ up_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
kernfs_put(kn);
goto repeat;
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 3297093c920de..a9b854cdfdb5f 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct kernfs_root {
wait_queue_head_t deactivate_waitq;
struct rw_semaphore kernfs_rwsem;
struct rw_semaphore kernfs_iattr_rwsem;
+ struct rw_semaphore kernfs_supers_rwsem;
};
/* +1 to avoid triggering overflow warning when negating it */
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index e08e8d9998070..d49606accb07b 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ int kernfs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
}
sb->s_flags |= SB_ACTIVE;
- down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ down_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
list_add(&info->node, &info->root->supers);
- up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ up_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
}
fc->root = dget(sb->s_root);
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ void kernfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
struct kernfs_super_info *info = kernfs_info(sb);
struct kernfs_root *root = info->root;
- down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ down_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
list_del(&info->node);
- up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
+ up_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
/*
* Remove the superblock from fs_supers/s_instances
--
2.34.1
On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 03:32:02PM +1100, Imran Khan wrote:
> Right now per-fs kernfs_rwsem protects list of kernfs_super_info instances
> for a kernfs_root. Since kernfs_rwsem is used to synchronize several other
> operations across kernfs and since most of these operations don't impact
> kernfs_super_info, we can use a separate per-fs rwsem to synchronize access
> to list of kernfs_super_info.
> This helps in reducing contention around kernfs_rwsem and also allows
> operations that change/access list of kernfs_super_info to proceed without
> contending for kernfs_rwsem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <[email protected]>
But you don't remove the acquisition of kernfs_rwsem in
kernfs_notify_workfn(), so I don't see how this helps?
Also, every use of this rwsem is as a writer, so it could/should be a
plain mutex, no? Or should you be acquiring it for read in
kernfs_notify_workfn()?
> fs/kernfs/dir.c | 1 +
> fs/kernfs/file.c | 2 ++
> fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h | 1 +
> fs/kernfs/mount.c | 8 ++++----
> 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> index 953b2717c60e6..2cdb8516e5287 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> @@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ struct kernfs_root *kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops,
> idr_init(&root->ino_idr);
> init_rwsem(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
> init_rwsem(&root->kernfs_iattr_rwsem);
> + init_rwsem(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->supers);
>
> /*
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
> index e4a50e4ff0d23..b84cf0cd4bd44 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
> @@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ static void kernfs_notify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
> /* kick fsnotify */
> down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
>
> + down_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
> list_for_each_entry(info, &kernfs_root(kn)->supers, node) {
> struct kernfs_node *parent;
> struct inode *p_inode = NULL;
> @@ -960,6 +961,7 @@ static void kernfs_notify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
> iput(inode);
> }
>
> + up_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
> up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
> kernfs_put(kn);
> goto repeat;
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> index 3297093c920de..a9b854cdfdb5f 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct kernfs_root {
> wait_queue_head_t deactivate_waitq;
> struct rw_semaphore kernfs_rwsem;
> struct rw_semaphore kernfs_iattr_rwsem;
> + struct rw_semaphore kernfs_supers_rwsem;
> };
>
> /* +1 to avoid triggering overflow warning when negating it */
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
> index e08e8d9998070..d49606accb07b 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
> @@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ int kernfs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
> }
> sb->s_flags |= SB_ACTIVE;
>
> - down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
> + down_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
> list_add(&info->node, &info->root->supers);
> - up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
> + up_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
> }
>
> fc->root = dget(sb->s_root);
> @@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ void kernfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
> struct kernfs_super_info *info = kernfs_info(sb);
> struct kernfs_root *root = info->root;
>
> - down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
> + down_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
> list_del(&info->node);
> - up_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
> + up_write(&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem);
>
> /*
> * Remove the superblock from fs_supers/s_instances
> --
> 2.34.1
>
On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 03:32:01PM +1100, Imran Khan wrote:
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct kernfs_root {
>
> wait_queue_head_t deactivate_waitq;
> struct rw_semaphore kernfs_rwsem;
> + struct rw_semaphore kernfs_iattr_rwsem;
> };
>
> /* +1 to avoid triggering overflow warning when negating it */
Can you explain why we want one iattr rwsem per kernfs_root instead of
one rwsem per kernfs_node?
On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 03:32:03PM +1100, Imran Khan wrote:
> kernfs_rename_lock protects a node's ->parent and thus kernfs topology.
> Thus it can be used in cases that rely on a stable kernfs topology.
> Change it to a read-write lock for better scalability.
>
> Suggested by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <[email protected]>
Hello Matthew,
Thanks for reviewing this,
On 3/3/2023 3:14 am, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 03:32:01PM +1100, Imran Khan wrote:
>> +++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
>> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct kernfs_root {
>>
>> wait_queue_head_t deactivate_waitq;
>> struct rw_semaphore kernfs_rwsem;
>> + struct rw_semaphore kernfs_iattr_rwsem;
>> };
>>
>> /* +1 to avoid triggering overflow warning when negating it */
>
> Can you explain why we want one iattr rwsem per kernfs_root instead of
> one rwsem per kernfs_node?
Having an iattr rwsem per kernfs_node would increase memory usage due to
kobjects. I had tried per kernfs_node approach for a couple of other global
locks earlier [1], but that approach was not encouraged because it would impact
ability to use sysfs on low memory (especially 32 bit) systems. This was the
reason for keeping iattr rwsem in kernfs_root.
Thanks,
Imran
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
Hello Matthew,
Thanks for reviewing this.
On 3/3/2023 3:08 am, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 03:32:02PM +1100, Imran Khan wrote:
>> Right now per-fs kernfs_rwsem protects list of kernfs_super_info instances
>> for a kernfs_root. Since kernfs_rwsem is used to synchronize several other
>> operations across kernfs and since most of these operations don't impact
>> kernfs_super_info, we can use a separate per-fs rwsem to synchronize access
>> to list of kernfs_super_info.
>> This helps in reducing contention around kernfs_rwsem and also allows
>> operations that change/access list of kernfs_super_info to proceed without
>> contending for kernfs_rwsem.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <[email protected]>
>
> But you don't remove the acquisition of kernfs_rwsem in
> kernfs_notify_workfn(), so I don't see how this helps?
>
Yes. kernfs_notify_workfn should no longer need kernfs_rwsem. I will fix it .
> Also, every use of this rwsem is as a writer, so it could/should be a
> plain mutex, no? Or should you be acquiring it for read in
> kernfs_notify_workfn()?
Although currently kernfs_notify_workfn acquires kernfs_rwsem for writing, I
think even w/o this change acquiring kernfs_rwsem for reading would be enough
since we are not making any changes to kernfs_super_info list.
Based on this logic, I think taking iattr rwsem for reading is right approach.
Thanks,
Imran