From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 40/47] nfsd41: cb_sequence callback Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:27:34 -0400 Message-ID: <20090402192734.GI5560@fieldses.org> References: <49CDDFC2.4070402@panasas.com> <1238229281-11516-1-git-send-email-bhalevy@panasas.com> <20090401043932.GC29339@fieldses.org> <49D47B9C.9030502@panasas.com> <20090402185107.GG5560@fieldses.org> <49D50FE8.8020303@panasas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, pnfs@linux-nfs.org, Ricardo Labiaga To: Benny Halevy Return-path: Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([141.211.133.115]:58228 "EHLO pickle.fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753548AbZDBT1g (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:27:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <49D50FE8.8020303@panasas.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 10:20:08PM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote: > On Apr. 02, 2009, 21:51 +0300, "J. Bruce Fields" wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:47:24AM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote: > >> On Apr. 01, 2009, 7:39 +0300, "J. Bruce Fields" wrote: > >>>> @@ -503,6 +589,38 @@ nfsd4_probe_callback(struct nfs4_client *clp) > >>>> return; > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V4_1) > >>>> +/* > >>>> + * FIXME: cb_sequence should support referring call lists, cachethis, and > >>>> + * multiple slots > >>>> + */ > >>>> +static int > >>>> +nfs41_cb_sequence_setup(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct nfsd4_cb_sequence *args) > >>>> +{ > >>>> + u32 *ptr = (u32 *)clp->cl_sessionid.data; > >>>> + > >>>> + dprintk("%s: %u:%u:%u:%u\n", __func__, > >>>> + ptr[0], ptr[1], ptr[2], ptr[3]); > >>>> + > >>>> + mutex_lock(&clp->cl_cb_mutex); > >>> We shouldn't be holding a mutex across a callback. Why is this needed? > >> Just a simple way to limit concurrency to 1 and not deal with > >> multiple slots on the callback path. > > > > OK. We should work out some sort of asynchronous equivalent. > > OK. > > > How is the client side currently waiting on slots? > > Currently it has a single slot and a single > (NFS41_BC_MIN_CALLBACKS) preallocated rpc_rqst. > If it gets more calls than that, concurrently, it will > drop its end of the line using > set_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state) > > (Ricardo, please keep me honest :) I was wondering about the rpc client as used on the nfs client, not the nfs client/callback server. --b.