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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@primarydata.com>
Cc: " J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v0 43/49] pnfsd: release state lock around iput in put_nfs4_file
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:47:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131011194746.GB4941@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1380220968-14669-1-git-send-email-bhalevy@primarydata.com>

I've been looking at this patch and the surrounding code a bit more and
start to really dislike it.

put_nfs4_file is very much unrelated to the state lock, so having a
version that internally drops it seems wrong.  If we look at the usage
of your new locked version there's very few callers:


 put_nfs4_file_locked
  + destroy_layout_state
     + put_layout_state
        + destroy_layout
	  + destroy_layout_list
	     + nfs4_pnfs_return_layout
	     + pnfs_expire_client
	+ nfs4_pnfs_get_layout
	+ nfs4_pnfs_return_layout

Except for pnfs_expire_client all these are right near the places where
the state lock is dropped, so simply refactoring the code sounds like
a very valid option.


And btw, the state locking is even more of a mess than I though.  I
think it really needs to be split up sooner or later.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-10-11 19:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 139+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-26 18:36 [PATCH RFC v0 0/49] pnfsd-dlm Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:39 ` [PATCH RFC v0 01/49] pnfsd: Define CONFIG_PNFSD Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:39 ` [PATCH RFC v0 02/49] pnfsd: define NFSDDBG_PNFS Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 03/49] pnfsd: return pnfs flags on exchange_id Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 21:55   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-27  1:09     ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 04/49] pnfsd: don't set up back channel on create_session for ds Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 22:01   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-27  1:20     ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 05/49] pnfsd: introduce pnfsd header files Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 11:43   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-29 12:12     ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:13       ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-29 12:20         ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:21           ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-29 12:35             ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-30 15:23               ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-01 13:19                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-01  1:05               ` Boaz Harrosh
2013-10-01 13:33                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-02 11:35                   ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-02 16:06                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-01 20:30               ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-10-02 11:36                 ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-02 16:07                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-03  6:02                     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-03  9:55                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-03 12:29                         ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-03 12:37                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-03 13:12                           ` Ric Wheeler
2013-10-03 13:17                             ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-03 13:18                               ` Ric Wheeler
2013-10-03 14:19                                 ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-03 14:21                                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-03 14:24                                     ` Ric Wheeler
2013-10-03 14:38                                       ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-01  1:41           ` Boaz Harrosh
2013-10-01 19:43           ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 06/49] pnfsd: define pnfs_export_operations Benny Halevy
2013-09-27 14:39   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-29 10:53     ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:14   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 07/49] pnfsd: add pnfs export option Benny Halevy
2013-09-27 14:36   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-29 10:51     ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 08/49] pnfsd: layout verify Benny Halevy
2013-09-27 14:44   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-29 11:16     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-01 20:38       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-10-02 11:42         ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-01 22:12       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 09/49] pnfsd: initial stub Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 10/49] pnfsd: use sbid hash table to map super_blocks to devid major identifiers Benny Halevy
2013-10-01 22:14   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-10-02 14:32     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-02 15:24       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-10-11 19:56   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-13  6:11     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-13 11:08       ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-13 12:44         ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-14 14:15           ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 11/49] NFSD: introduce exp_xdr.h Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:15   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-30 15:25     ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 12/49] pnfsd: get device list/info Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 13/49] pnfsd: filelayout: " Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 14/49] pnfsd: provide helper for xdr encoding of deviceid Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 15/49] pnfsd: add helper functions for identifying DS filehandles Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:40 ` [PATCH RFC v0 16/49] pnfsd: accept all ds stateids Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 17/49] DEBUG: nfsd: more client_lock asserts Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 18/49] pnfsd: nfs4_assert_state_locked Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 19/49] pnfsd: layout get Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 20/49] pnfsd: filelayout: layout encoding Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:16   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-01  1:15     ` Boaz Harrosh
2013-10-01 13:34       ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-01  6:04     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-02 14:27     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-02 16:09       ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 21/49] nfsd: no need to unhash_stid before free Benny Halevy
2013-10-11 19:37   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-13  6:23     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-13 19:28       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 22/49] nfsd: cleanup free_stid Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 23/49] pnfsd: layout state allocation Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 24/49] pnfsd: process the layout stateid Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 25/49] pnfsd: layout state per client tracking Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 26/49] pnfsd: layout state per file tracking Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 27/49] pnfsd: hash layouts on layout state Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 28/49] pnfsd: support layout segment merging Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 29/49] pnfsd: support layout_type attribute Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:17   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-01  1:21     ` Boaz Harrosh
2013-10-01  8:32       ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 30/49] pnfsd: make pnfs server return layout_blksize when the client asks for it Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:41 ` [PATCH RFC v0 31/49] pnfsd: add support for per-file layout_types attribute Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 32/49] pnfsd: per block device dlm data server list cache Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 33/49] pnfsd: Add IP address validation to nfsd4_set_pnfs_dlm_device() Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 34/49] pnfsd: new nfsd filesystem file: pnfs_dlm_device Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 35/49] pnfsd: nfsd4_pnfs_dlm_getdeviter Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 36/49] pnfsd: nfsd4_pnfs_dlm_getdevinfo Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 37/49] pnfsd: make /proc/fs/nfsd/pnfs_dlm_device report dlm device list Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 38/49] pnfsd: nfsd4_pnfs_dlm_layoutget Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 39/49] pnfsd: DLM file layout only support read iomode layouts Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 40/49] pnfsd: add dlm file layout layout-type Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 41/49] pnfsd: dlm pnfs_export_operations Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 42/49] pnfsd: gfs2: use generic file layout pnfs operations vector Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 43/49] pnfsd: release state lock around iput in put_nfs4_file Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:19   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-01 13:31     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-01 13:37       ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-02 14:17         ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-02 15:26         ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-10-11 19:47   ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2013-10-13  6:26     ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 44/49] posix_acl: resolve compile dependency in posix_acl.h Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:19   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-02 14:17     ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-02 14:36   ` [PATCH] " Benny Halevy
2013-10-09 22:41     ` Andrew Morton
2013-10-10  8:49       ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:42 ` [PATCH RFC v0 45/49] nfs: resolve compile dependency in nfs_xdr.h Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 12:19   ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-10-02 14:19     ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:43 ` [PATCH RFC v0 46/49] pnfsd: layout return generic implementation Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:43 ` [PATCH RFC v0 47/49] pnfsd: pnfs_expire_client Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:43 ` [PATCH RFC v0 48/49] pnfsd: return on close Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 18:43 ` [PATCH RFC v0 49/49] pnfsd: dlm set return_on_close to true Benny Halevy
2013-09-26 19:44 ` [PATCH RFC v0 0/49] pnfsd-dlm J. Bruce Fields
2013-09-26 20:06   ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-27 13:31 ` Boaz Harrosh
2013-09-27 13:34   ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-27 16:37     ` Boaz Harrosh
2013-09-27 20:19       ` Benny Halevy
2013-10-01  0:23         ` Boaz Harrosh
2013-10-01  0:29           ` Boaz Harrosh
2013-10-02  6:02           ` Benny Halevy
2013-09-29 11:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-09-29 11:54   ` Benny Halevy

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