netdev - Re: [PATCH 08/11] nfs: disable data cache revalidation for swapfiles

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Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:40:56 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Fred Isaman <iisaman@...app.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux-Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-NFS <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>,
	Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/11] nfs: disable data cache revalidation for swapfiles

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 09:10:04AM -0400, Fred Isaman wrote:
> >> > <SNIP>
> >> > -static struct nfs_page *nfs_page_find_request_locked(struct page *page)
> >> > +static struct nfs_page *
> >> > +nfs_page_find_request_locked(struct nfs_inode *nfsi, struct page *page)
> >> >  {
> >> >        struct nfs_page *req = NULL;
> >> >
> >> > -       if (PagePrivate(page)) {
> >> > +       if (PagePrivate(page))
> >> >                req = (struct nfs_page *)page_private(page);
> >> > -               if (req != NULL)
> >> > -                       kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
> >> > +       else if (unlikely(PageSwapCache(page))) {
> >> > +               struct nfs_page *freq, *t;
> >> > +
> >> > +               /* Linearly search the commit list for the correct req */
> >> > +               list_for_each_entry_safe(freq, t, &nfsi->commit_list, wb_list) {
> >> > +                       if (freq->wb_page == page) {
> >> > +                               req = freq;
> >> > +                               break;
> >> > +                       }
> >> > +               }
> >> > +
> >> > +               BUG_ON(req == NULL);
> >>
> >> I suspect I am missing something, but why is it guaranteed that the
> >> req is on the commit list?
> >>
> >
> > It's a fair question and a statement about what I expected to happen.
> > The commit list replaces the nfs_page_tree radix tree that used to exist
> > and my understanding was that the req would exist in the radix tree until
> > the swap IO was completed. I expected it to be the same for the commit
> > list and the BUG_ON was based on that expectation. Are there cases where
> > the req would not be found?
> >
> 
> A req is on the commit list only if it actually needs to be scheduled
> for COMMIT. In other words, only after it has been sent via WRITE and
> the server did not return NFS_FILE_SYNC.
> 
> Thus dirtying a page, then trying to touch it again before the WRITE
> is sent will not find the corresponding req on the commit_list.

Thanks for the explanation. I'll remove the BUG_ON

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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