2023-02-08 04:45:51

by NeilBrown

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Subject: [PATCH] NFS: fix disabling of swap


When swap is activated to a file on an NFSv4 mount we arrange that the
state manager thread is always present as starting a new thread requires
memory allocations that might block waiting for swap.

Unfortunately the code for allowing the state manager thread to exit when
swap is disabled was not tested properly and does not work.
This can be seen by examining /proc/fs/nfsfs/servers after disabling swap
and unmounting the filesystem. The servers file will still list one
entry. Also a "ps" listing will show the state manager thread is still
present.

There are two problems.
1/ rpc_clnt_swap_deactivate() doesn't walk up the ->cl_parent list to
find the primary client on which the state manager runs.

2/ The thread is not woken up properly and it immediately goes back to
sleep without checking whether it is really needed. Using
nfs4_schedule_state_manager() ensures a proper wake-up.

Reported-by: Olga Kornievskaia <[email protected]>
Fixes: 4dc73c679114 ("NFSv4: keep state manager thread active if swap is enabled")
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]>
---
fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 4 +++-
net/sunrpc/clnt.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 86ed5c0142c3..22b88fdf1660 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -10597,7 +10597,9 @@ static void nfs4_disable_swap(struct inode *inode)
/* The state manager thread will now exit once it is
* woken.
*/
- wake_up_var(&NFS_SERVER(inode)->nfs_client->cl_state);
+ struct nfs_client *clp = NFS_SERVER(inode)->nfs_client;
+
+ nfs4_schedule_state_manager(clp);
}

static const struct inode_operations nfs4_dir_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 993acf38af87..229af546a9e1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -3350,6 +3350,8 @@ rpc_clnt_swap_deactivate_callback(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
void
rpc_clnt_swap_deactivate(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
{
+ while (clnt != clnt->cl_parent)
+ clnt = clnt->cl_parent;
if (atomic_dec_if_positive(&clnt->cl_swapper) == 0)
rpc_clnt_iterate_for_each_xprt(clnt,
rpc_clnt_swap_deactivate_callback, NULL);
--
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