Re: [PATCH 0/6] prepare for dynamic server thread management

[Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 2024-10-23 at 13:37 +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> These patches prepare the way for demand-based adjustment of the number
> of server threads.  They primarily remove some places there the
> configured thread count is used to configure other things.
> 
> With these in place only two more patches are needed to have demand
> based thread count.  The details of how to configure this need to be
> discussed to ensure we have considered all perspectives, and I would
> rather than happen in the context of two patches, not in the context of
> 8.  So I'm sending these first in the hope that will land with minimal
> fuss.  Once they do land I'll send the remainder (which you have already
> seen) and will look forward to a fruitful discussion.
> 
> Thanks,
> NeilBrown
> 
>  [PATCH 1/6] SUNRPC: move nrthreads counting to start/stop threads.
>  [PATCH 2/6] nfsd: return hard failure for OP_SETCLIENTID when there
>  [PATCH 3/6] nfs: dynamically adjust per-client DRC slot limits.
>  [PATCH 4/6] nfsd: don't use sv_nrthreads in connection limiting
>  [PATCH 5/6] sunrpc: remove all connection limit configuration
>  [PATCH 6/6] sunrpc: introduce possibility that requested number of

Hi Neil,

You sent this just over a year ago. It looks like this set didn't get
merged for some reason. Were you still pursuing this work? I have some
interest in seeing a dynamic thread count work, so if not I'd be
interested in picking up this work.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>