From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
To: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>, NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>,
Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>,
Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@oracle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>,
Trond Myklebust <trondmy@kernel.org>,
Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/6] sunrpc: split svc_set_num_threads() into two functions
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:39:13 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251213-nfsd-dynathread-v1-1-de755e59cbc4@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251213-nfsd-dynathread-v1-0-de755e59cbc4@kernel.org>
svc_set_num_threads() will set the number of running threads for a given
pool. If the pool argument is set to NULL however, it will distribute
the threads among all of the pools evenly.
These divergent codepaths complicate the move to dynamic threading.
Simplify the API by splitting these two cases into different helpers:
Add a new svc_set_pool_threads() function that sets the number of
threads in a single, given pool. Modify svc_set_num_threads() to
distribute the threads evenly between all of the pools and then call
svc_set_pool_threads() for each.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
---
fs/lockd/svc.c | 4 ++--
fs/nfs/callback.c | 8 +++----
fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 21 ++++++++----------
include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h | 3 ++-
net/sunrpc/svc.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
5 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index d68afa196535a8785bab2931c2b14f03a1174ef9..fbf132b4e08d11a91784c21ee0209fd7c149fd9d 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int lockd_get(void)
return -ENOMEM;
}
- error = svc_set_num_threads(serv, NULL, 1);
+ error = svc_set_num_threads(serv, 1);
if (error < 0) {
svc_destroy(&serv);
return error;
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static void lockd_put(void)
unregister_inet6addr_notifier(&lockd_inet6addr_notifier);
#endif
- svc_set_num_threads(nlmsvc_serv, NULL, 0);
+ svc_set_num_threads(nlmsvc_serv, 0);
timer_delete_sync(&nlmsvc_retry);
svc_destroy(&nlmsvc_serv);
dprintk("lockd_down: service destroyed\n");
diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback.c b/fs/nfs/callback.c
index c8b837006bb27277ab34fe516f1b63992fee9b7f..44b35b7f8dc022f1d8c069eaf2f7d334c93f77fc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback.c
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ static int nfs_callback_start_svc(int minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
if (serv->sv_nrthreads == nrservs)
return 0;
- ret = svc_set_num_threads(serv, NULL, nrservs);
+ ret = svc_set_num_threads(serv, nrservs);
if (ret) {
- svc_set_num_threads(serv, NULL, 0);
+ svc_set_num_threads(serv, 0);
return ret;
}
dprintk("nfs_callback_up: service started\n");
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int nfs_callback_up(u32 minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
cb_info->users++;
err_net:
if (!cb_info->users) {
- svc_set_num_threads(cb_info->serv, NULL, 0);
+ svc_set_num_threads(cb_info->serv, 0);
svc_destroy(&cb_info->serv);
}
err_create:
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void nfs_callback_down(int minorversion, struct net *net)
nfs_callback_down_net(minorversion, serv, net);
cb_info->users--;
if (cb_info->users == 0) {
- svc_set_num_threads(serv, NULL, 0);
+ svc_set_num_threads(serv, 0);
dprintk("nfs_callback_down: service destroyed\n");
svc_destroy(&cb_info->serv);
}
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 93f7435cafd2362d9ddb28815277c824067cb370..aafec8ff588b85b0e26d40b76ef00953dc6472b4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ void nfsd_shutdown_threads(struct net *net)
}
/* Kill outstanding nfsd threads */
- svc_set_num_threads(serv, NULL, 0);
+ svc_set_num_threads(serv, 0);
nfsd_destroy_serv(net);
mutex_unlock(&nfsd_mutex);
}
@@ -702,12 +702,9 @@ int nfsd_set_nrthreads(int n, int *nthreads, struct net *net)
if (nn->nfsd_serv == NULL || n <= 0)
return 0;
- /*
- * Special case: When n == 1, pass in NULL for the pool, so that the
- * change is distributed equally among them.
- */
+ /* Special case: When n == 1, distribute threads equally among pools. */
if (n == 1)
- return svc_set_num_threads(nn->nfsd_serv, NULL, nthreads[0]);
+ return svc_set_num_threads(nn->nfsd_serv, nthreads[0]);
if (n > nn->nfsd_serv->sv_nrpools)
n = nn->nfsd_serv->sv_nrpools;
@@ -733,18 +730,18 @@ int nfsd_set_nrthreads(int n, int *nthreads, struct net *net)
/* apply the new numbers */
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
- err = svc_set_num_threads(nn->nfsd_serv,
- &nn->nfsd_serv->sv_pools[i],
- nthreads[i]);
+ err = svc_set_pool_threads(nn->nfsd_serv,
+ &nn->nfsd_serv->sv_pools[i],
+ nthreads[i]);
if (err)
goto out;
}
/* Anything undefined in array is considered to be 0 */
for (i = n; i < nn->nfsd_serv->sv_nrpools; ++i) {
- err = svc_set_num_threads(nn->nfsd_serv,
- &nn->nfsd_serv->sv_pools[i],
- 0);
+ err = svc_set_pool_threads(nn->nfsd_serv,
+ &nn->nfsd_serv->sv_pools[i],
+ 0);
if (err)
goto out;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 5506d20857c318774cd223272d4b0022cc19ffb8..dd5fbbf8b3d39df6c17a7624edf344557fffd32c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ struct svc_serv * svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *prog,
struct svc_stat *stats,
unsigned int bufsize,
int (*threadfn)(void *data));
-int svc_set_num_threads(struct svc_serv *, struct svc_pool *, int);
+int svc_set_pool_threads(struct svc_serv *, struct svc_pool *, int);
+int svc_set_num_threads(struct svc_serv *, int);
int svc_pool_stats_open(struct svc_info *si, struct file *file);
void svc_process(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
void svc_process_bc(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 4704dce7284eccc9e2bc64cf22947666facfa86a..3fe5a7f8e57e3fa3837265ec06884b357d5373ff 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -856,15 +856,12 @@ svc_stop_kthreads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
}
/**
- * svc_set_num_threads - adjust number of threads per RPC service
+ * svc_set_pool_threads - adjust number of threads per pool
* @serv: RPC service to adjust
- * @pool: Specific pool from which to choose threads, or NULL
+ * @pool: Specific pool from which to choose threads
* @nrservs: New number of threads for @serv (0 or less means kill all threads)
*
- * Create or destroy threads to make the number of threads for @serv the
- * given number. If @pool is non-NULL, change only threads in that pool;
- * otherwise, round-robin between all pools for @serv. @serv's
- * sv_nrthreads is adjusted for each thread created or destroyed.
+ * Create or destroy threads in @pool to bring it to @nrservs.
*
* Caller must ensure mutual exclusion between this and server startup or
* shutdown.
@@ -873,12 +870,12 @@ svc_stop_kthreads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
* starting a thread.
*/
int
-svc_set_num_threads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
+svc_set_pool_threads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
{
if (!pool)
- nrservs -= serv->sv_nrthreads;
- else
- nrservs -= pool->sp_nrthreads;
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ nrservs -= pool->sp_nrthreads;
if (nrservs > 0)
return svc_start_kthreads(serv, pool, nrservs);
@@ -886,6 +883,43 @@ svc_set_num_threads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
return svc_stop_kthreads(serv, pool, nrservs);
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_set_pool_threads);
+
+/**
+ * svc_set_num_threads - adjust number of threads in serv
+ * @serv: RPC service to adjust
+ * @nrservs: New number of threads for @serv (0 or less means kill all threads)
+ *
+ * Create or destroy threads in @serv to bring it to @nrservs. If there
+ * are multiple pools then the new threads or victims will be distributed
+ * evenly among them.
+ *
+ * Caller must ensure mutual exclusion between this and server startup or
+ * shutdown.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success or a negative errno if an error occurred while
+ * starting a thread.
+ */
+int
+svc_set_num_threads(struct svc_serv *serv, int nrservs)
+{
+ int base = nrservs / serv->sv_nrpools;
+ int remain = nrservs % serv->sv_nrpools;
+ int i, err;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < serv->sv_nrpools; ++i) {
+ int threads = base;
+
+ if (remain) {
+ ++threads;
+ --remain;
+ }
+ err = svc_set_pool_threads(serv, &serv->sv_pools[i], threads);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ }
+ return err;
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_set_num_threads);
/**
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-12 22:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-12 22:39 [PATCH RFC 0/6] nfsd: allow for a dynamically-sized threadpool Jeff Layton
2025-12-12 22:39 ` Jeff Layton [this message]
2025-12-13 19:29 ` [PATCH RFC 1/6] sunrpc: split svc_set_num_threads() into two functions Chuck Lever
2025-12-13 21:55 ` Jeff Layton
2025-12-12 22:39 ` [PATCH RFC 2/6] sunrpc: remove special handling of NULL pool from svc_start/stop_kthreads() Jeff Layton
2025-12-12 22:39 ` [PATCH RFC 3/6] sunrpc: track the max number of requested threads in a pool Jeff Layton
2025-12-12 22:39 ` [PATCH RFC 4/6] sunrpc: introduce the concept of a minimum number of threads per pool Jeff Layton
2025-12-13 20:19 ` Chuck Lever
2025-12-13 21:38 ` Jeff Layton
2025-12-12 22:39 ` [PATCH RFC 5/6] nfsd: adjust number of running nfsd threads based on activity Jeff Layton
2025-12-13 20:54 ` Chuck Lever
2025-12-13 21:43 ` Jeff Layton
2025-12-12 22:39 ` [PATCH RFC 6/6] nfsd: add controls to set the minimum number of threads per pool Jeff Layton
2025-12-13 21:10 ` Chuck Lever
2025-12-13 21:47 ` Jeff Layton
2025-12-13 19:34 ` [PATCH RFC 0/6] nfsd: allow for a dynamically-sized threadpool Chuck Lever
2025-12-13 21:35 ` Jeff Layton
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