From: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
To: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>, NeilBrown <neilb@ownmail.net>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>,
Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@oracle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>
Cc: oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+9c7b9c5f6dd1d470b605@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] NFSD: Don't start nfsd threads from a pool_threads write
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:33:03 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202610101235.HaenlCPb-lkp@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009144017.1284586-1-cel@kernel.org>
Hi Chuck,
kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
[auto build test ERROR on brauner-vfs/vfs.all]
[also build test ERROR on linus/master v7.3-rc6 next-20261008]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Chuck-Lever/NFSD-Don-t-start-nfsd-threads-from-a-pool_threads-write/20261009-104017
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git vfs.all
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261009144017.1284586-1-cel%40kernel.org
patch subject: [PATCH v1] NFSD: Don't start nfsd threads from a pool_threads write
config: parisc64-defconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261010/202610101235.HaenlCPb-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: hppa64-linux-gcc (GCC) 16.1.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261010/202610101235.HaenlCPb-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202610101235.HaenlCPb-lkp@intel.com/
All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
In file included from include/linux/log2.h:12,
from include/asm-generic/div64.h:55,
from ./arch/parisc/include/generated/asm/div64.h:1,
from include/linux/math.h:6,
from include/linux/math64.h:6,
from include/linux/time64.h:5,
from include/linux/restart_block.h:9,
from include/linux/thread_info.h:14,
from include/asm-generic/preempt.h:5,
from ./arch/parisc/include/generated/asm/preempt.h:1,
from include/linux/preempt.h:107,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:56,
from include/linux/mmzone.h:8,
from include/linux/gfp.h:7,
from include/linux/slab.h:17,
from fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:8:
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c: In function 'write_pool_threads':
>> fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:504:48: error: 'nn' undeclared (first use in this function)
504 | if (size > 0 && test_bit(NFSD_NET_UP, &nn->flags)) {
| ^~
include/linux/bitops.h:44:44: note: in definition of macro 'bitop'
44 | __builtin_constant_p((uintptr_t)(addr) != (uintptr_t)NULL) && \
| ^~~~
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:504:25: note: in expansion of macro 'test_bit'
504 | if (size > 0 && test_bit(NFSD_NET_UP, &nn->flags)) {
| ^~~~~~~~
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:504:48: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
include/linux/bitops.h:44:44: note: in definition of macro 'bitop'
44 | __builtin_constant_p((uintptr_t)(addr) != (uintptr_t)NULL) && \
| ^~~~
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:504:25: note: in expansion of macro 'test_bit'
504 | if (size > 0 && test_bit(NFSD_NET_UP, &nn->flags)) {
| ^~~~~~~~
vim +/nn +504 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
449
450 /*
451 * write_pool_threads - Set or report the configured number of threads per pool
452 *
453 * Input:
454 * buf: ignored
455 * size: zero
456 *
457 * OR
458 *
459 * Input:
460 * buf: C string containing whitespace-
461 * separated unsigned integer values
462 * representing the number of NFSD
463 * threads to start in each pool
464 * size: non-zero length of C string in @buf
465 * Output:
466 * On success: passed-in buffer filled with '\n'-terminated C
467 * string containing integer values representing the
468 * configured number of NFSD threads in each pool;
469 * return code is the size in bytes of the string
470 * On error: return code is zero or a negative errno value
471 */
472 static ssize_t write_pool_threads(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
473 {
474 /* if size > 0, look for an array of number of threads per node
475 * and apply them then write out number of threads per node as reply
476 */
477 char *mesg = buf;
478 int i;
479 int rv;
480 int len;
481 int npools;
482 int *nthreads;
483 struct net *net = netns(file);
484
485 mutex_lock(&nfsd_mutex);
486 npools = nfsd_nrpools(net);
487 if (npools == 0) {
488 /*
489 * NFS is shut down. The admin can start it by
490 * writing to the threads file but NOT the pool_threads
491 * file, sorry. Report zero threads.
492 */
493 mutex_unlock(&nfsd_mutex);
494 strcpy(buf, "0\n");
495 return strlen(buf);
496 }
497
498 nthreads = kzalloc_objs(int, npools);
499 rv = -ENOMEM;
500 if (nthreads == NULL)
501 goto out_free;
502
503 /* Threads started now would run without NFSv4 state. */
> 504 if (size > 0 && test_bit(NFSD_NET_UP, &nn->flags)) {
505 for (i = 0; i < npools; i++) {
506 rv = get_int(&mesg, &nthreads[i]);
507 if (rv == -ENOENT)
508 break; /* fewer numbers than pools */
509 if (rv)
510 goto out_free; /* syntax error */
511 rv = -EINVAL;
512 if (nthreads[i] < 0)
513 goto out_free;
514 trace_nfsd_ctl_pool_threads(net, i, nthreads[i]);
515 }
516
517 /*
518 * There must always be a thread in pool 0; the admin
519 * can't shut down NFS completely using pool_threads.
520 */
521 if (nthreads[0] == 0)
522 nthreads[0] = 1;
523
524 rv = nfsd_set_nrthreads(i, nthreads, net);
525 if (rv)
526 goto out_free;
527 }
528
529 rv = nfsd_get_nrthreads(npools, nthreads, net);
530 if (rv)
531 goto out_free;
532
533 mesg = buf;
534 size = SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT;
535 for (i = 0; i < npools && size > 0; i++) {
536 snprintf(mesg, size, "%d%c", nthreads[i], (i == npools-1 ? '\n' : ' '));
537 len = strlen(mesg);
538 size -= len;
539 mesg += len;
540 }
541 rv = mesg - buf;
542 out_free:
543 kfree(nthreads);
544 mutex_unlock(&nfsd_mutex);
545 return rv;
546 }
547
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-10 4:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 14:40 [PATCH v1] NFSD: Don't start nfsd threads from a pool_threads write Chuck Lever
2026-10-09 16:50 ` Jeff Layton
2026-10-10 4:33 ` kernel test robot [this message]
2026-10-10 17:57 ` Chuck Lever
2026-10-10 6:10 ` kernel test robot
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