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Message-ID: <969a2ddc66df3ba05952fb14352ccee08bd84149.camel@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:21:47 -0400
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
To: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@...app.com>,
Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@...cle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>,
linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] nfsd: set missing after_change as before_change + 1
On Mon, 2023-07-24 at 11:20 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 10:53:39AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > In the event that we can't fetch post_op_attr attributes, we still need
> > to set a value for the after_change. The operation has already happened,
> > so we're not able to return an error at that point, but we do want to
> > ensure that the client knows that its cache should be invalidated.
> >
> > If we weren't able to fetch post-op attrs, then just set the
> > after_change to before_change + 1. The atomic flag should already be
> > clear in this case.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> > ---
> > fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> I'm not sure this change makes any difference. The client would
> possibly see the change value move forward then back. I'd think a
> false "atomic" field and using the /same/ pre- and post-change would
> be safer...?
>
> But I'm intrigued enough to apply this to nfsd-next provisionally,
> at least for testing and further review. It will appear a little
> later today.
>
>
Thanks. I think there really are no great choices here.
This is a rather unlikely error case that should only come into play
when there are problems with the underlying filesystem, but only when
fetching the post-op attrs.
We don't have a way to just opt out of providing a post-op attribute and
I think this is probably the least bad option of what to put in there.
> > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> > index 3f6710c9c5c9..f0f318e78630 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> > @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ set_change_info(struct nfsd4_change_info *cinfo, struct svc_fh *fhp)
> > if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fhp->fh_pre_saved))
> > cinfo->before_change = 0;
> > if (!fhp->fh_post_saved)
> > - cinfo->after_change = 0;
> > + cinfo->after_change = cinfo->before_change + 1;
> > }
> >
> > static __be32
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: 97a5d0146ef443df148805a4e9c3c44111f14ab1
> > change-id: 20230724-bz2223560-5ed6bc3a5db7
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> >
>
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Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
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