linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.5 72/80] NFSv4.1 make cachethis=no for writes

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Date:   Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:55:33 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@...app.com>,
        Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@...app.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.5 72/80] NFSv4.1 make cachethis=no for writes

From: Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@...app.com>

commit cd1b659d8ce7697ee9799b64f887528315b9097b upstream.

Turning caching off for writes on the server should improve performance.

Fixes: fba83f34119a ("NFS: Pass "privileged" value to nfs4_init_sequence()")
Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@...app.com>
Reviewed-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@...app.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5295,7 +5295,7 @@ static void nfs4_proc_write_setup(struct
 	hdr->timestamp   = jiffies;
 
 	msg->rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_WRITE];
-	nfs4_init_sequence(&hdr->args.seq_args, &hdr->res.seq_res, 1, 0);
+	nfs4_init_sequence(&hdr->args.seq_args, &hdr->res.seq_res, 0, 0);
 	nfs4_state_protect_write(server->nfs_client, clnt, msg, hdr);
 }