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authorJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>2009-06-15 16:03:53 -0700
committerJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>2009-06-15 18:54:05 -0700
commitd911df7b8d44de41661363a4e29ee710180ba025 (patch)
treec1a7513dfd46e9cfc9b464c82de2666b406e6deb /fs/nfsd/vfs.c
parent9d2a3f31d6d7832cd441eeda08bc2266cdd5d972 (diff)
nfsd: Pull write-gathering code out of nfsd_vfs_write
This is a relatively self-contained piece of code that handles a special case--move it to its own function. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/nfsd/vfs.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/nfsd/vfs.c69
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index ebf56c6040c..6ad76a4cfc0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -963,6 +963,43 @@ static void kill_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
}
+/*
+ * Gathered writes: If another process is currently writing to the file,
+ * there's a high chance this is another nfsd (triggered by a bulk write
+ * from a client's biod). Rather than syncing the file with each write
+ * request, we sleep for 10 msec.
+ *
+ * I don't know if this roughly approximates C. Juszak's idea of
+ * gathered writes, but it's a nice and simple solution (IMHO), and it
+ * seems to work:-)
+ *
+ * Note: we do this only in the NFSv2 case, since v3 and higher have a
+ * better tool (separate unstable writes and commits) for solving this
+ * problem.
+ */
+static int wait_for_concurrent_writes(struct file *file)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+ static ino_t last_ino;
+ static dev_t last_dev;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 1
+ || (last_ino == inode->i_ino && last_dev == inode->i_sb->s_dev)) {
+ dprintk("nfsd: write defer %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
+ msleep(10);
+ dprintk("nfsd: write resume %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
+ }
+
+ if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
+ dprintk("nfsd: write sync %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
+ err = nfsd_sync(file);
+ }
+ last_ino = inode->i_ino;
+ last_dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
+ return err;
+}
+
static __be32
nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
loff_t offset, struct kvec *vec, int vlen,
@@ -1026,36 +1063,8 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
if (host_err >= 0 && (inode->i_mode & (S_ISUID | S_ISGID)))
kill_suid(dentry);
- if (host_err >= 0 && stable && use_wgather) {
- static ino_t last_ino;
- static dev_t last_dev;
-
- /*
- * Gathered writes: If another process is currently
- * writing to the file, there's a high chance
- * this is another nfsd (triggered by a bulk write
- * from a client's biod). Rather than syncing the
- * file with each write request, we sleep for 10 msec.
- *
- * I don't know if this roughly approximates
- * C. Juszak's idea of gathered writes, but it's a
- * nice and simple solution (IMHO), and it seems to
- * work:-)
- */
- if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 1
- || (last_ino == inode->i_ino && last_dev == inode->i_sb->s_dev)) {
- dprintk("nfsd: write defer %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
- msleep(10);
- dprintk("nfsd: write resume %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
- }
-
- if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
- dprintk("nfsd: write sync %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
- host_err=nfsd_sync(file);
- }
- last_ino = inode->i_ino;
- last_dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
- }
+ if (host_err >= 0 && stable && use_wgather)
+ host_err = wait_for_concurrent_writes(file);
dprintk("nfsd: write complete host_err=%d\n", host_err);
if (host_err >= 0)