| Message ID | 20220922135821.1771966-1-dwysocha@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
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| Series | Convert NFS with fscache to the netfs API | expand |
On Thu, 2022-09-22 at 09:58 -0400, Dave Wysochanski wrote: > This patchset converts NFS with fscache non-direct READ IO paths to > use the netfs API with a non-invasive approach. The existing NFS pgio > layer does not need extensive changes, and is the best way so far I've > found to address Trond's concerns about modifying the IO path [1] as > well as only enabling netfs when fscache is configured and enabled [2]. > I have not attempted performance comparisions to address Chuck > Lever's concern [3] because we are not converting the non-fscache > enabled NFS IO paths to netfs. > > The main patch to be reviewed is patch #3 which converts nfs_read_folio > and nfs_readahead. There are two main compatibility points with the > interface between the NFS READ IO path and netfs. First, NFS IO > interfaces are page based and netfs is request based (multiple page). > Thus, there's some accounting information collected to turn multiple > NFS READ RPC completions into a single netfs completion, and we have > to pass a pointer to this information through NFS pgio layer. Second, > the unlocking of pages of an NFS READ is handled inside netfs, which > requires a tiny bit of refactoring of the NFS read code. > > Patch #4 removes the NFS fscache counters and also removes the "fsc:" > line from /proc/self/mountstats. I was not sure if we need to leave > that line in the mountstats file, and just leave the values at 0, or > we can remove it. For now I've removed it but if needed for ABI or > some other reason I can add back a "dummy" line with zeros. > > In patch #5 I've removed the existing trace events because they no > longer have any meaning, and did not add any new ones since netfs > and fscache has many tracepoints. A future series may want to look > at some of the pgio layer tracepoints along with maybe one or two > related to NFS with fscache but for now it does not seem needed. > > The patchset is based on 6.0-rc6 and has been pushed to github at: > https://github.com/DaveWysochanskiRH/kernel/commits/nfs-fscache-netfs > https://github.com/DaveWysochanskiRH/kernel/commit/b0467a2c39f3e8582660d073f9fa5c45ec2ca7f0 > > > Changes since v7 > ================ > - PATCH3: Free netfs memory if nfs_pageio_add_page() fails inside > nfs_netfs_issue_read() > - PATCH3: Clean up handling of READs completing with retryable and > non-retryable errors by removing unneeded nfs_netfs_read_done(); > fixes oops in generic/303 with vers=4.2 and RHEL8 server due to > use-after-free of netfs structure > - PATCH3: Update patch header > - PATCH4 and PATCH5: new > > > Testing > ======= > The patches are fairly stable as evidenced with xfstests generic with > various servers, both with and without fscache enabled, with no hangs > or crashes seen: > - hammerspace(pNFS flexfiles): NFS4.1, NFS4.2 > - NetApp(pNFS filelayout): NFS3, NFS4.0, NFS4.1 > - RHEL8: NFS3,NFS4.0,NFS4.2 > > The known issues are as follows: > > 1. Unit test setting rsize < readahead does not properly read from > fscache but re-reads data from the NFS server > * This will be fixed with another linux-cachefs [4] patch to resolve > "Stop read optimisation when folio removed from pagecache" > * Daire Byrne also verified the patch fixes his issue as well > > 2. "Cache volume key already in use" after xfstest runs > * xfstests (hammerspace with vers=4.2,fsc) shows the following on the > console after some tests: > "NFS: Cache volume key already in use (nfs,4.1,2,c50,cfe0100a,3,,,8000,100000,100000,bb8,ea60,7530,ea60,1)" > * This may be fixed with another patch [5] that is in progress > > 3. Daire Byrne reported a NULL pointer oops at cachefiles_prepare_write+0x28/0x90 > * only reproduced on RHEL7.9 based NFS re-export server using fscache with upstream kernel plus > the previous patches > * may be a bug in netfs or cachefiles exposed by NFS patches > * harder to reproduce/debug but under investigation > > [58710.346376] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 > [58710.371212] CPU: 12 PID: 9134 Comm: kworker/u129:0 Tainted: G E 6.0.0-2.dneg.x86_64 #1 > ... > [58710.389995] Workqueue: events_unbound netfs_rreq_write_to_cache_work [netfs] > [58710.397188] RIP: 0010:cachefiles_prepare_write+0x28/0x90 [cachefiles] > ... > [58710.500316] Call Trace: > [58710.502894] <TASK> > [58710.505126] netfs_rreq_write_to_cache_work+0x11c/0x320 [netfs] > [58710.511201] process_one_work+0x217/0x3e0 > [58710.515358] worker_thread+0x4a/0x3b0 > [58710.519152] ? process_one_work+0x3e0/0x3e0 > [58710.523467] kthread+0xd6/0x100 > [58710.526740] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 > [58710.531659] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 > > > References > ========== > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/9cfd5bc3cfc6abc2d3316b0387222e708d67f595.camel@hammerspace.com/ > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/da9200f1bded9b8b078a7aef227fd6b92eb028fb.camel@hammerspace.com/ > [3] https://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=160597917525083&w=4 > [4] https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-cachefs@redhat.com/msg03043.html > [5] https://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=165962662200679&w=4 > > Dave Wysochanski (5): > NFS: Rename readpage_async_filler to nfs_pageio_add_page > NFS: Configure support for netfs when NFS fscache is configured > NFS: Convert buffered read paths to use netfs when fscache is enabled > NFS: Remove all NFSIOS_FSCACHE counters due to conversion to netfs API > NFS: Remove fscache specific trace points and NFS_INO_FSCACHE bit > > fs/nfs/Kconfig | 1 + > fs/nfs/delegation.c | 2 +- > fs/nfs/dir.c | 2 +- > fs/nfs/fscache.c | 242 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- > fs/nfs/fscache.h | 111 +++++++++++------ > fs/nfs/inode.c | 8 +- > fs/nfs/internal.h | 11 +- > fs/nfs/iostat.h | 17 --- > fs/nfs/nfstrace.h | 91 -------------- > fs/nfs/pagelist.c | 12 ++ > fs/nfs/pnfs.c | 12 +- > fs/nfs/read.c | 110 +++++++++-------- > fs/nfs/super.c | 11 -- > fs/nfs/write.c | 2 +- > include/linux/nfs_fs.h | 35 ++++-- > include/linux/nfs_iostat.h | 12 -- > include/linux/nfs_page.h | 3 + > include/linux/nfs_xdr.h | 3 + > 18 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 350 deletions(-) > Like seeing a net-negative diffstat! I reviewed the 3rd patch and you can add my Reviewed-by: to the 4th and 5th patches as well. Nice work, Dave!