2021-12-12 21:00:59

by Richard Weinberger

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Subject: [RFC PATCH] NFS: Save 4 bytes when re-exporting

When re-exporting, the whole struct nfs_fh is embedded in the new
fhandle.
But we need only nfs_fh->data[], nfs_fh->size is not needed.
So skip fs_fh->size and save a full word (4 bytes).
The downside is the extra memcpy() in nfs_fh_to_dentry().

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <[email protected]>
---
While investigating into improving NFS re-export I noticed that
we can already save 4 bytes of overhead.
I don't think we need to embedd the full struct nfs_fh and
can skip ->size.

Thanks,
//richard
---
fs/nfs/export.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/export.c b/fs/nfs/export.c
index 5f6e1b715545..5579c87106a1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/export.c
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ enum {
};


-static struct nfs_fh *nfs_exp_embedfh(__u32 *p)
+static unsigned char *nfs_exp_embedfh(__u32 *p)
{
- return (struct nfs_fh *)(p + EMBED_FH_OFF);
+ return (unsigned char *)(p + EMBED_FH_OFF);
}

/*
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ static int
nfs_encode_fh(struct inode *inode, __u32 *p, int *max_len, struct inode *parent)
{
struct nfs_fh *server_fh = NFS_FH(inode);
- struct nfs_fh *clnt_fh = nfs_exp_embedfh(p);
- size_t fh_size = offsetof(struct nfs_fh, data) + server_fh->size;
+ unsigned char *raw_fh = nfs_exp_embedfh(p);
+ size_t fh_size = server_fh->size;
int len = EMBED_FH_OFF + XDR_QUADLEN(fh_size);

dprintk("%s: max fh len %d inode %p parent %p",
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ nfs_encode_fh(struct inode *inode, __u32 *p, int *max_len, struct inode *parent)
p[FILEID_LOW_OFF] = NFS_FILEID(inode);
p[FILE_I_TYPE_OFF] = inode->i_mode & S_IFMT;
p[len - 1] = 0; /* Padding */
- nfs_copy_fh(clnt_fh, server_fh);
+
+ memcpy(raw_fh, server_fh->data, server_fh->size);
+
*max_len = len;
dprintk("%s: result fh fileid %llu mode %u size %d\n",
__func__, NFS_FILEID(inode), inode->i_mode, *max_len);
@@ -70,18 +72,22 @@ nfs_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid,
int fh_len, int fh_type)
{
struct nfs_fattr *fattr = NULL;
- struct nfs_fh *server_fh = nfs_exp_embedfh(fid->raw);
- size_t fh_size = offsetof(struct nfs_fh, data) + server_fh->size;
+ unsigned char *raw_server_fh = nfs_exp_embedfh(fid->raw);
const struct nfs_rpc_ops *rpc_ops;
struct dentry *dentry;
struct inode *inode;
- int len = EMBED_FH_OFF + XDR_QUADLEN(fh_size);
u32 *p = fid->raw;
+ struct nfs_fh server_fh = { 0 };
int ret;

- /* NULL translates to ESTALE */
- if (fh_len < len || fh_type != len)
+ server_fh.size = (fh_len * XDR_UNIT) - (EMBED_FH_OFF * XDR_UNIT);
+ if (server_fh.size < 1) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ /* NULL translates to ESTALE */
return NULL;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(server_fh.data, raw_server_fh, server_fh.size);

fattr = nfs_alloc_fattr_with_label(NFS_SB(sb));
if (fattr == NULL) {
@@ -95,20 +101,20 @@ nfs_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid,

dprintk("%s: fileid %llu mode %d\n", __func__, fattr->fileid, fattr->mode);

- inode = nfs_ilookup(sb, fattr, server_fh);
+ inode = nfs_ilookup(sb, fattr, &server_fh);
if (inode)
goto out_found;

rpc_ops = NFS_SB(sb)->nfs_client->rpc_ops;
- ret = rpc_ops->getattr(NFS_SB(sb), server_fh, fattr, NULL);
+ ret = rpc_ops->getattr(NFS_SB(sb), &server_fh, fattr, NULL);
if (ret) {
dprintk("%s: getattr failed %d\n", __func__, ret);
- trace_nfs_fh_to_dentry(sb, server_fh, fattr->fileid, ret);
+ trace_nfs_fh_to_dentry(sb, &server_fh, fattr->fileid, ret);
dentry = ERR_PTR(ret);
goto out_free_fattr;
}

- inode = nfs_fhget(sb, server_fh, fattr);
+ inode = nfs_fhget(sb, &server_fh, fattr);

out_found:
dentry = d_obtain_alias(inode);
--
2.26.2



2021-12-12 21:20:06

by Trond Myklebust

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] NFS: Save 4 bytes when re-exporting

On Sun, 2021-12-12 at 22:00 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> When re-exporting, the whole struct nfs_fh is embedded in the new
> fhandle.
> But we need only nfs_fh->data[], nfs_fh->size is not needed.
> So skip fs_fh->size and save a full word (4 bytes).
> The downside is the extra memcpy() in nfs_fh_to_dentry().
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <[email protected]>
> ---
> While investigating into improving NFS re-export I noticed that
> we can already save 4 bytes of overhead.
> I don't think we need to embedd the full struct nfs_fh and
> can skip ->size.
>

NACK. This will break existing running clients. Any code to change the
filehandle format must be accompanied with code to detect and service
filehandles that are presented in the old format.

--
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
[email protected]


2021-12-12 21:32:58

by Richard Weinberger

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] NFS: Save 4 bytes when re-exporting

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "Trond Myklebust" <[email protected]>
> On Sun, 2021-12-12 at 22:00 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> When re-exporting, the whole struct nfs_fh is embedded in the new
>> fhandle.
>> But we need only nfs_fh->data[], nfs_fh->size is not needed.
>> So skip fs_fh->size and save a full word (4 bytes).
>> The downside is the extra memcpy() in nfs_fh_to_dentry().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> While investigating into improving NFS re-export I noticed that
>> we can already save 4 bytes of overhead.
>> I don't think we need to embedd the full struct nfs_fh and
>> can skip ->size.
>>
>
> NACK. This will break existing running clients. Any code to change the
> filehandle format must be accompanied with code to detect and service
> filehandles that are presented in the old format.

One possible way to distinguish between old and new formats
is looking at the length of the data.
2 * XDR_UNIT = new format (without ->size).
3 * XDR_UNIT = old format.

What do you think?

Thanks,
//richard

2021-12-12 21:51:17

by Richard Weinberger

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] NFS: Save 4 bytes when re-exporting

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "richard" <[email protected]>
> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
>> Von: "Trond Myklebust" <[email protected]>
>> On Sun, 2021-12-12 at 22:00 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>>> When re-exporting, the whole struct nfs_fh is embedded in the new
>>> fhandle.
>>> But we need only nfs_fh->data[], nfs_fh->size is not needed.
>>> So skip fs_fh->size and save a full word (4 bytes).
>>> The downside is the extra memcpy() in nfs_fh_to_dentry().
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>> While investigating into improving NFS re-export I noticed that
>>> we can already save 4 bytes of overhead.
>>> I don't think we need to embedd the full struct nfs_fh and
>>> can skip ->size.
>>>
>>
>> NACK. This will break existing running clients. Any code to change the
>> filehandle format must be accompanied with code to detect and service
>> filehandles that are presented in the old format.
>
> One possible way to distinguish between old and new formats
> is looking at the length of the data.
> 2 * XDR_UNIT = new format (without ->size).
> 3 * XDR_UNIT = old format.

Never mind. This won't work.

Thanks,
//richard

2021-12-12 21:53:41

by Trond Myklebust

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] NFS: Save 4 bytes when re-exporting

On Sun, 2021-12-12 at 22:32 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> > Von: "Trond Myklebust" <[email protected]>
> > On Sun, 2021-12-12 at 22:00 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > > When re-exporting, the whole struct nfs_fh is embedded in the new
> > > fhandle.
> > > But we need only nfs_fh->data[], nfs_fh->size is not needed.
> > > So skip fs_fh->size and save a full word (4 bytes).
> > > The downside is the extra memcpy() in nfs_fh_to_dentry().
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > While investigating into improving NFS re-export I noticed that
> > > we can already save 4 bytes of overhead.
> > > I don't think we need to embedd the full struct nfs_fh and
> > > can skip ->size.
> > >
> >
> > NACK. This will break existing running clients. Any code to change
> > the
> > filehandle format must be accompanied with code to detect and
> > service
> > filehandles that are presented in the old format.
>
> One possible way to distinguish between old and new formats
> is looking at the length of the data.
> 2 * XDR_UNIT = new format (without ->size).
> 3 * XDR_UNIT = old format.
>
> What do you think?
>

You don't a priori know the length of the underlying filehandle or its
structure. All you know is that you have n bytes of data, and it is
possible that the first 2 bytes represent the size 'n-2'. However it is
also possible that those 2 bytes are something else that just happens
to match the value 'n-2'.

--
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
[email protected]


2021-12-12 21:57:44

by Richard Weinberger

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] NFS: Save 4 bytes when re-exporting

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "Trond Myklebust" <[email protected]>
>> What do you think?
>>
>
> You don't a priori know the length of the underlying filehandle or its
> structure. All you know is that you have n bytes of data, and it is
> possible that the first 2 bytes represent the size 'n-2'. However it is
> also possible that those 2 bytes are something else that just happens
> to match the value 'n-2'.

Yes. ;-\
Our mails have crossed, after hitting send I realized my fault.

Thanks,
//richard