Re: [PATCH 6.1 00/73] 6.1.119-rc1 review

[Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>]

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Hi!

> >> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.119 release.
> >> There are 73 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> >> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> >> let me know.
> > 
> >> Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
> >>    NFSD: Limit the number of concurrent async COPY operations
> > 
> > @@ -1782,10 +1783,16 @@ nfsd4_copy(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
> >        if (nfsd4_copy_is_async(copy)) {
> > -               status = nfserrno(-ENOMEM);
> >                async_copy = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nfsd4_copy), GFP_KERNEL);
> >                if (!async_copy)
> >                        goto out_err;
> > 
> > This is wrong. Status is success from previous code, and you are now
> > returning it in case of error.
> 
> This "status =" line was removed because the out_err: label
> unconditionally sets status = nfserr_jukebox.

Aha, I see, sorry, I missed that detail.

> > (Also, the atomic dance does not work. It will not allow desired
> > concurency in case of races. Semaphore is canonical solution for
> > this.)
> 
> I'm not certain which "atomic dance" you are referring to here.
> Do you mean:
> 
> 1792                 if (atomic_inc_return(&nn->pending_async_copies) >
> 1793                                 (int)rqstp->rq_pool->sp_nrthreads)
> 1794                         goto out_err;
> 
> The cap doesn't have to be perfect; it just has to make sure
> that the pending value doesn't underflow or overflow. Note
> that this code is updated in a later patch.

The cap is not perfect, indeed. I'll take your word it does not matter.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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