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charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: uoguelph.ca X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: YQXPR0101MB0968.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: bb9e2148-1e4d-401a-3dcd-08d9575e7f5c X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 04 Aug 2021 15:42:42.4050 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: be62a12b-2cad-49a1-a5fa-85f4f3156a7d X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-mailboxtype: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-userprincipalname: +3nb7Gv+WxPDkGdSUnPjtvHyTwodLuPa1EWXKFjd7krWG68fURVvZ8wX1844xaeb9pw5DLGs1R0XQLZFdJornQ== X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: YQXPR01MB5497 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Patrick Goetz wrote:=0A= [stuff snipped]=0A= >So, I have a naive question. When a client is writing to cache, why=0A= >wouldn't it be possible to send an alert to the server indicating that=0A= >the file is being changed. The server would keep track of such files=0A= >(client cached, updated) and act accordingly; i.e. sending a request to=0A= >the client to flush the cache for that file if another client is asking=0A= >to open the file? The process could be bookended by the client alerting=0A= >the server when the cached version has been fully synchronized with the=0A= >copy on the server so that the server wouldn't serve that file until the= =0A= >synchronization is complete. The only problem I can see with this is the= =0A= >client crashing or disconnecting before the file is fully written to the= =0A= >server, but then some timeout condition could be set.=0A= Well, I wouldn't call this a naive question.=0A= =0A= There is no notification mechanism defined for any version of NFS.=0A= =0A= However, although it isn't exactly a notification per se, in NFSv4=0A= a client can exclusively lock a byte range (all bytes if desired).=0A= The limitation is that all clients have to "play the game" and=0A= acquire byte range locks before doing I/O on the file.=0A= =0A= I've always thought close-to-open consistency was sketchy=0A= at best, and clients should use byte range locks if they care=0A= about getting up-to-date file data for cases where other clients=0A= might be writing the file.=0A= =0A= The FreeBSD client only implements close-to-open consistency=0A= approximately. It uses cached attributes (which may not be up to=0A= date) to re-validate cached data upon open syscalls and doesn't=0A= worry about mtime clock resolution for NFSv3.=0A= --> As such, the client will see data written by another client within=0A= a bounded time, but not necessarily immediately after the writer=0A= closes the file on another client.=0A= When I work on the FreeBSD NFS client, it always seems to come=0A= down to "correctness vs good performance via caching" or=0A= "how incorrect can I get away with" if you prefer.=0A= =0A= rick, who chooses to not have an opinion w.r.t. how the Linux=0A= NFS client should handle close-to-open consistency=0A= ps: I just told Bruce I wasn't going to post, but...=0A= =0A= >>> Matt=0A= >>>=0A= >>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:36 PM bfields@fieldses.org=0A= >>> wrote:=0A= >>>>=0A= >>>> On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 09:07:11PM +0000, Trond Myklebust wrote:=0A= >>>>> On Tue, 2021-08-03 at 16:30 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:=0A= >>>>>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 02:48:41PM +0000, Trond Myklebust=0A= >>>>>> wrote:=0A= >>>>>>> On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 09:25 -0400, Benjamin Coddington=0A= >>>>>>> wrote:=0A= >>>>>>>> I have some folks unhappy about behavior changes after:=0A= >>>>>>>> 479219218fbe=0A= >>>>>>>> NFS:=0A= >>>>>>>> Optimise away the close-to-open GETATTR when we have=0A= >>>>>>>> NFSv4 OPEN=0A= >>>>>>>>=0A= >>>>>>>> Before this change, a client holding a RO open would=0A= >>>>>>>> invalidate=0A= >>>>>>>> the=0A= >>>>>>>> pagecache when doing a second RW open.=0A= >>>>>>>>=0A= >>>>>>>> Now the client doesn't invalidate the pagecache, though=0A= >>>>>>>> technically=0A= >>>>>>>> it could=0A= >>>>>>>> because we see a changeattr update on the RW OPEN=0A= >>>>>>>> response.=0A= >>>>>>>>=0A= >>>>>>>> I feel this is a grey area in CTO if we're already=0A= >>>>>>>> holding an=0A= >>>>>>>> open.=0A= >>>>>>>> Do we=0A= >>>>>>>> know how the client ought to behave in this case? Should=0A= >>>>>>>> the=0A= >>>>>>>> client's open=0A= >>>>>>>> upgrade to RW invalidate the pagecache?=0A= >>>>>>>>=0A= >>>>>>>=0A= >>>>>>> It's not a "grey area in close-to-open" at all. It is very=0A= >>>>>>> cut and=0A= >>>>>>> dried.=0A= >>>>>>>=0A= >>>>>>> If you need to invalidate your page cache while the file is=0A= >>>>>>> open,=0A= >>>>>>> then=0A= >>>>>>> by definition you are in a situation where there is a write=0A= >>>>>>> by=0A= >>>>>>> another=0A= >>>>>>> client going on while you are reading. You're clearly not=0A= >>>>>>> doing=0A= >>>>>>> close-=0A= >>>>>>> to-open.=0A= >>>>>>=0A= >>>>>> Documentation is really unclear about this case. Every=0A= >>>>>> definition of=0A= >>>>>> close-to-open that I've seen says that it requires a cache=0A= >>>>>> consistency=0A= >>>>>> check on every application open. I've never seen one that=0A= >>>>>> says "on=0A= >>>>>> every open that doesn't overlap with an already-existing open=0A= >>>>>> on that=0A= >>>>>> client".=0A= >>>>>>=0A= >>>>>> They *usually* also preface that by saying that this is=0A= >>>>>> motivated by=0A= >>>>>> the=0A= >>>>>> use case where opens don't overlap. But it's never made=0A= >>>>>> clear that=0A= >>>>>> that's part of the definition.=0A= >>>>>>=0A= >>>>>=0A= >>>>> I'm not following your logic.=0A= >>>>=0A= >>>> It's just a question of what every source I can find says close-=0A= >>>> to-open=0A= >>>> means. E.g., NFS Illustrated, p. 248, "Close-to-open consistency=0A= >>>> provides a guarantee of cache consistency at the level of file=0A= >>>> opens and=0A= >>>> closes. When a file is closed by an application, the client=0A= >>>> flushes any=0A= >>>> cached changs to the server. When a file is opened, the client=0A= >>>> ignores=0A= >>>> any cache time remaining (if the file data are cached) and makes=0A= >>>> an=0A= >>>> explicit GETATTR call to the server to check the file=0A= >>>> modification=0A= >>>> time."=0A= >>>>=0A= >>>>> The close-to-open model assumes that the file is only being=0A= >>>>> modified by=0A= >>>>> one client at a time and it assumes that file contents may be=0A= >>>>> cached=0A= >>>>> while an application is holding it open.=0A= >>>>> The point checks exist in order to detect if the file is being=0A= >>>>> changed=0A= >>>>> when the file is not open.=0A= >>>>>=0A= >>>>> Linux does not have a per-application cache. It has a page=0A= >>>>> cache that=0A= >>>>> is shared among all applications. It is impossible for two=0A= >>>>> applications=0A= >>>>> to open the same file using buffered I/O, and yet see different=0A= >>>>> contents.=0A= >>>>=0A= >>>> Right, so based on the descriptions like the one above, I would=0A= >>>> have=0A= >>>> expected both applications to see new data at that point.=0A= >>>>=0A= >>>> Maybe that's not practical to implement. It'd be nice at least=0A= >>>> if that=0A= >>>> was explicit in the documentation.=0A= >>>>=0A= >>>> --b.=0A= >>>>=0A= >>>=0A= >>>=0A= >>> --=0A= >>>=0A= >>> Matt Benjamin=0A= >>> Red Hat, Inc.=0A= >>> 315 West Huron Street, Suite 140A=0A= >>> Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103=0A= >>>=0A= >>> http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/storage=0A= >>>=0A= >>> tel. 734-821-5101=0A= >>> fax. 734-769-8938=0A= >>> cel. 734-216-5309=0A= >>=0A= >>=0A= >>=0A= >=0A=