From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF745347517; Wed, 8 Apr 2026 19:53:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775677995; cv=none; b=M/P+hijZBJkBFrNe89KyqO+8fCVrkX6jGet7sLkXt3AYPSTuSET/4GqSWtDjZ14zG8+H/N+Xoq0RUWjCnKu4TS9HVHc2cYtExIxx2BUGmyzcWu0w92oeZQliVHTcMn/KjKK11F6/Z8COuFEfi8upozqo7lU8YgGwhWxSuXyfkK4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775677995; c=relaxed/simple; bh=KEp0Sx73qDFpLx5wCuQRwISOpjvDRMeCBmiVHRjniJw=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:MIME-Version; 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f8lfK1XVNbRq/R7GZ9zHESlsa35ha60yd/j3pu5hT2xyy8krV8vGhHvnJ1XRMJBAB/UYb6FyC7S+m QZIQXVeAA+smfTT0tDrisj1U5x6ZB9b3nBg65kc= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.58.3 (3.58.3-1.fc43) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Wed, 2026-04-08 at 14:39 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2026, at 9:21 AM, Jeff Layton wrote: > > Add the data structures, allocation helpers, and callback operations > > needed for directory delegation CB_NOTIFY support: > >=20 > > - struct nfsd_notify_event: carries fsnotify events for CB_NOTIFY > > - struct nfsd4_cb_notify: per-delegation state for notification handlin= g > > - Union dl_cb_fattr with dl_cb_notify in nfs4_delegation since a > > delegation is either a regular file delegation or a directory > > delegation, never both > >=20 > > Refactor alloc_init_deleg() into a common __alloc_init_deleg() base > > with a pluggable sc_free callback, and add alloc_init_dir_deleg() which > > allocates the page array and notify4 buffer needed for CB_NOTIFY > > encoding. > >=20 > > Add skeleton nfsd4_cb_notify_ops with done/release handlers that will > > be filled in when the notification path is wired up. > >=20 > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton >=20 > > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c > > index 4afe7e68fb51..b2b8c454fc0f 100644 > > --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c > > +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c >=20 > > @@ -3381,6 +3440,30 @@ nfsd4_cb_getattr_release(struct nfsd4_callback= =20 > > *cb) > > nfs4_put_stid(&dp->dl_stid); > > } > >=20 > > +static int > > +nfsd4_cb_notify_done(struct nfsd4_callback *cb, > > + struct rpc_task *task) > > +{ > > + switch (task->tk_status) { > > + case -NFS4ERR_DELAY: > > + rpc_delay(task, 2 * HZ); > > + return 0; > > + default: > > + return 1; > > + } > > +} > > + > > +static void > > +nfsd4_cb_notify_release(struct nfsd4_callback *cb) > > +{ > > + struct nfsd4_cb_notify *ncn =3D > > + container_of(cb, struct nfsd4_cb_notify, ncn_cb); > > + struct nfs4_delegation *dp =3D > > + container_of(ncn, struct nfs4_delegation, dl_cb_notify); > > + > > + nfs4_put_stid(&dp->dl_stid); > > +} > > + > > static const struct nfsd4_callback_ops nfsd4_cb_recall_any_ops =3D { > > .done =3D nfsd4_cb_recall_any_done, > > .release =3D nfsd4_cb_recall_any_release, >=20 > So when a client responds with NFS4ERR_DELAY, the RPC framework retries > after 2s. On retry, prepare() is called again, but ncn_evt_cnt is > already 0 (drained in the first prepare). prepare returns false, which > destroys the callback. >=20 This is actually not a problem. When ->done() returns 0, rpc_restart_call_prepare retries the RPC through the RPC-level prepare (nfsd4_cb_prepare at nfs4callback.c:1479), which just acquires a session slot and calls rpc_call_start. It does not call cb_ops->prepare again =E2=80=94 the same encoded XDR is re-sent in that case. > Events arriving during the retry window are dropped because > nfsd4_run_cb_notify() returns early when NFSD4_CALLBACK_RUNNING is set. > After the callback is destroyed, future events can queue a new CB_NOTIFY, > but the window's events are lost. = =20 >=20 > The result is that the client misses notifications. Does this impact > behavioral correctness or spec compliance? Is there a way for that > client to detect the loss and recover? >=20 There _is_ a problem, however. Events that arrive while the job is running queue up, but won't get sent until the _next_ event arrives. We need to make the ->release handler check for new events and requeue the callback if there are any. I'll plan to fix that up. Thanks for all the review! I'll plan to send another version soon (but probably not until after next week's testing event). --=20 Jeff Layton