From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
To: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>, NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>,
Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>,
Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@oracle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/8] nfsd: give the open file cache its own mutex
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:34:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260922-nfsd-per-net-mutex-v2-5-4a5da8243a73@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260922-nfsd-per-net-mutex-v2-0-4a5da8243a73@kernel.org>
nfsd_global_mutex still serializes file cache flushes against server
start/stop in unrelated namespaces. nfsd_file_cache_purge() is reached from
expkey_flush() on every "exportfs -f", which makes it the only frequent
taker of the global lock -- and it has nothing to do with nfsd_users or the
NFSv4 global tables it would be waiting on.
Move NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP and the objects it covers (rhltable, LRU, slabs,
shrinker, fsnotify groups) onto a nfsd_file_cache_mutex private to
filecache.c. nfsd_file_cache_init() and nfsd_file_cache_shutdown() take it
themselves rather than asserting the caller holds the global one, so
nfssvc.c no longer needs to know how the cache locks itself.
nfsd_global_mutex is left holding only nfsd_users, the notifier count and
user_recovery_dirname, all of which are touched solely on server
start/stop.
Ordering is nn->nfsd_mutex outside nfsd_global_mutex outside
nfsd_file_cache_mutex. The cache mutex is reached three ways, all
consistent with that: from nfsd_startup_generic()/nfsd_shutdown_generic()
under the global mutex, from nfsd_shutdown_net() under nn->nfsd_mutex, and
bare from expkey_flush() and the filecache stats file. Nothing called with
the cache mutex held takes either of the others.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfsd/filecache.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
index 501772bc8f8d..42bd8c7859cf 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@
*/
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nfsd_gc_lock);
+/*
+ * Guards NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP and the host-wide objects it covers: the
+ * rhltable, the LRU, the slabs, the shrinker and the fsnotify groups.
+ * Held across cache bring-up and teardown, and by readers and walkers
+ * that need the cache to stay up for the duration (->cache_purge, the
+ * stats file).
+ *
+ * Nests inside nfsd_global_mutex and inside nn->nfsd_mutex.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
+
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nfsd_file_cache_hits);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nfsd_file_acquisitions);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nfsd_file_allocations);
@@ -869,7 +880,7 @@ nfsd_file_cache_init(void)
{
int ret;
- lockdep_assert_held(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ guard(mutex)(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
if (test_and_set_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 1)
return 0;
@@ -1011,16 +1022,16 @@ nfsd_file_cache_start_net(struct net *net)
* nfsd_file_cache_purge - Remove all cache items associated with @net
* @net: target net namespace
*
- * Takes nfsd_global_mutex so the cache cannot be torn down underneath the
- * walk. Callers must not already hold it.
+ * Takes nfsd_file_cache_mutex so the cache cannot be torn down underneath
+ * the walk. Callers must not already hold it.
*/
void
nfsd_file_cache_purge(struct net *net)
{
- mutex_lock(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
if (test_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 1)
__nfsd_file_cache_purge(net);
- mutex_unlock(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
}
void
@@ -1045,7 +1056,7 @@ nfsd_file_cache_shutdown(void)
{
int i;
- lockdep_assert_held(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ guard(mutex)(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
if (test_and_clear_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 0)
return;
@@ -1476,8 +1487,8 @@ int nfsd_file_cache_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
unsigned int i, count = 0, buckets = 0;
unsigned long lru = 0, total_age = 0;
- /* Serialize with server shutdown */
- mutex_lock(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ /* Serialize with cache teardown */
+ mutex_lock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
if (test_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 1) {
struct bucket_table *tbl;
struct rhashtable *ht;
@@ -1491,7 +1502,7 @@ int nfsd_file_cache_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
buckets = tbl->size;
rcu_read_unlock();
}
- mutex_unlock(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
hits += per_cpu(nfsd_file_cache_hits, i);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 5cb92c3829f9..b2c215775e08 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ static __be32 nfsd_init_request(struct svc_rqst *,
*
* nfsd_global_mutex covers only what is genuinely shared between
* namespaces: the nfsd_users refcount and the host-wide resources it
- * brings up and tears down (the open file cache and the NFSv4 global
- * tables), the address-notifier registration, and user_recovery_dirname.
+ * brings up and tears down (the NFSv4 global tables, and the open file
+ * cache -- which guards its own internals with nfsd_file_cache_mutex),
+ * the address-notifier registration, and user_recovery_dirname.
*
- * Lock ordering is nn->nfsd_mutex outside nfsd_global_mutex. Nothing takes
- * two namespaces' nfsd_mutexes.
+ * Lock ordering is nn->nfsd_mutex outside nfsd_global_mutex outside
+ * nfsd_file_cache_mutex. Nothing takes two namespaces' nfsd_mutexes.
*/
DEFINE_MUTEX(nfsd_global_mutex);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-22 11:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-22 11:34 [PATCH v2 0/8] nfsd: reduce the scope of the nfsd_mutex Jeff Layton
2026-09-22 11:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] nfsd: clear NFSD_NET_UP before dropping the generic resource reference Jeff Layton
2026-09-22 11:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] nfsd: make max_blksize a per-namespace setting Jeff Layton
2026-09-22 11:34 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] nfsd: move the control plane to a per-namespace mutex Jeff Layton
2026-09-22 11:34 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] nfsd: rename nfsd_mutex to nfsd_global_mutex Jeff Layton
2026-09-22 11:34 ` Jeff Layton [this message]
2026-09-22 11:34 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] selftests/nfsd: factor the netlink plumbing into a shared header Jeff Layton
2026-09-22 11:34 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] selftests/nfsd: add cross-namespace isolation tests Jeff Layton
2026-09-22 11:34 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] selftests/nfsd: add a cross-namespace control-plane soak Jeff Layton
2026-09-22 15:50 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] nfsd: reduce the scope of the nfsd_mutex Chuck Lever
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