[0/3] nfs: Improve throughput for random buffered writes

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Jan Kara June 13, 2024, 8:28 a.m. UTC

Hello,

I was thinking how to best address the performance regression coming from
NFS write congestion. After considering various options and concerns raised
in the previous discussion, I've got an idea for a simple option that could
help to keep the server more busy - just mimick what block devices do and
block the flush worker waiting for congestion to resolve instead of aborting
the writeback. And it actually helps enough that I don't think more complex
solutions are warranted at this point.

This patch series has two preparatory cleanups and then a patch implementing
this idea.

								Honza