linux-kernel - [PATCH 007 of 11] knfsd: add svc

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Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:42:19 +1000
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 007 of 11] knfsd: add svc_get


From: Greg Banks <gnb@...bourne.sgi.com>

knfsd: add svc_get() for those occasions when we need to temporarily
bump up svc_serv->sv_nrthreads as a pseudo refcount.

Signed-off-by: Greg Banks <gnb@...bourne.sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>

### Diffstat output
 ./fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c           |    2 +-
 ./include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h |   11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff .prev/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c ./fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
--- .prev/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c	2006-07-28 15:01:38.000000000 +1000
+++ ./fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c	2006-07-31 10:20:49.000000000 +1000
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int nfsd_create_serv(void)
 	int err = 0;
 	lock_kernel();
 	if (nfsd_serv) {
-		nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads++;
+		svc_get(nfsd_serv);
 		unlock_kernel();
 		return 0;
 	}

diff .prev/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h ./include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
--- .prev/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h	2006-07-31 10:14:54.000000000 +1000
+++ ./include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h	2006-07-31 10:20:49.000000000 +1000
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ struct svc_serv {
 };
 
 /*
+ * We use sv_nrthreads as a reference count.  svc_destroy() drops
+ * this refcount, so we need to bump it up around operations that
+ * change the number of threads.  Horrible, but there it is.
+ * Should be called with the BKL held.
+ */
+static inline void svc_get(struct svc_serv *serv)
+{
+	serv->sv_nrthreads++;
+}
+
+/*
  * Maximum payload size supported by a kernel RPC server.
  * This is use to determine the max number of pages nfsd is
  * willing to return in a single READ operation.
-
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