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From: Bryan Schumaker <bjschuma@netapp•com>
To: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@parallels•com>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat•com>,
	"Trond.Myklebust@netapp•com" <Trond.Myklebust@netapp•com>,
	"linux-nfs@vger•kernel.org" <linux-nfs@vger•kernel.org>,
	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@parallels•com>,
	"neilb@suse•de" <neilb@suse•de>,
	"netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org>,
	"bfields@fieldses•org" <bfields@fieldses•org>,
	"davem@davemloft•net" <davem@davemloft•net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] SUNRPC: introduce helpers for reference counted rpcbind clients
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:58:17 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E78AA09.1000209@netapp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E78A6A1.1000800@parallels.com>

On 09/20/2011 10:43 AM, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote:
> 20.09.2011 18:24, Jeff Layton пишет:
>> On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:49:27 +0400
>> Stanislav Kinsbursky<skinsbursky@parallels•com>  wrote:
>>
>>> v5: fixed races with rpcb_users in rpcb_get_local()
>>>
>>> This helpers will be used for dynamical creation and destruction of rpcbind
>>> clients.
>>> Variable rpcb_users is actually a counter of lauched RPC services. If rpcbind
>>> clients has been created already, then we just increase rpcb_users.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky<skinsbursky@parallels•com>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>    net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c |   53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>    1 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
>>> index e45d2fb..5f4a406 100644
>>> --- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
>>> +++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
>>> @@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ static struct rpc_program    rpcb_program;
>>>    static struct rpc_clnt *    rpcb_local_clnt;
>>>    static struct rpc_clnt *    rpcb_local_clnt4;
>>>    +DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rpcb_clnt_lock);
>>> +unsigned int            rpcb_users;
>>> +
>>>    struct rpcbind_args {
>>>        struct rpc_xprt *    r_xprt;
>>>    @@ -161,6 +164,56 @@ static void rpcb_map_release(void *data)
>>>        kfree(map);
>>>    }
>>>    +static int rpcb_get_local(void)
>>> +{
>>> +    int cnt;
>>> +
>>> +    spin_lock(&rpcb_clnt_lock);
>>> +    if (rpcb_users)
>>> +        rpcb_users++;
>>> +    cnt = rpcb_users;
>>> +    spin_unlock(&rpcb_clnt_lock);
>>> +
>>> +    return cnt;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +void rpcb_put_local(void)
>>> +{
>>> +    struct rpc_clnt *clnt = rpcb_local_clnt;
>>> +    struct rpc_clnt *clnt4 = rpcb_local_clnt4;
>>> +    int shutdown;
>>> +
>>> +    spin_lock(&rpcb_clnt_lock);
>>> +    if (--rpcb_users == 0) {
>>> +        rpcb_local_clnt = NULL;
>>> +        rpcb_local_clnt4 = NULL;
>>> +    }
>>
>> In the function below, you mention that the above pointers are
>> protected by rpcb_create_local_mutex, but it looks like they get reset
>> here without that being held?
>>
> 
> Assigning of them is protected by rpcb_create_local_mutex.
> Dereferencing of them is protected by rpcb_clnt_lock.

Shouldn't you be using the same lock for assigning and dereferencing?  Otherwise one thread could change these variables while another is using them.
> 
>> Might it be simpler to just protect rpcb_users with the
>> rpcb_create_local_mutex and ensure that it's held whenever you call one
>> of these routines? None of these are codepaths are particularly hot.
>>
> 
> I just inherited this lock-mutex logic.
> Actually, you right. This codepaths are used rarely.
> But are use sure, that we need to remove this "speed-up" logic if we take into account that it was here already?
> 
>>> +    shutdown = !rpcb_users;
>>> +    spin_unlock(&rpcb_clnt_lock);
>>> +
>>> +    if (shutdown) {
>>> +        /*
>>> +         * cleanup_rpcb_clnt - remove xprtsock's sysctls, unregister
>>> +         */
>>> +        if (clnt4)
>>> +            rpc_shutdown_client(clnt4);
>>> +        if (clnt)
>>> +            rpc_shutdown_client(clnt);
>>> +    }
>>> +    return;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static void rpcb_set_local(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct rpc_clnt *clnt4)
>>> +{
>>> +    /* Protected by rpcb_create_local_mutex */
>>> +    rpcb_local_clnt = clnt;
>>> +    rpcb_local_clnt4 = clnt4;
>>> +    rpcb_users++;
>>> +    dprintk("RPC:       created new rpcb local clients (rpcb_local_clnt: "
>>> +            "%p, rpcb_local_clnt4: %p)\n", rpcb_local_clnt,
>>> +            rpcb_local_clnt4);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>    /*
>>>     * Returns zero on success, otherwise a negative errno value
>>>     * is returned.
>>> -- 
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>>
>>
> 
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-20 14:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-20 10:13 [PATCH v4 0/8] SUNRPC: make rpcbind clients allocated and destroyed dynamically Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 10:13 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] SUNRPC: introduce helpers for reference counted rpcbind clients Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 13:05   ` Bryan Schumaker
2011-09-20 13:15     ` Myklebust, Trond
2011-09-20 13:34       ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
     [not found]         ` <4E789679.1060601-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-20 14:14           ` Myklebust, Trond
2011-09-20 14:35             ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 14:38               ` Myklebust, Trond
2011-09-20 15:03                 ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 16:20                 ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 17:13                   ` Myklebust, Trond
2011-09-20 17:26                     ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 13:49   ` [PATCH v5 " Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 14:24     ` Jeff Layton
2011-09-20 14:41       ` Myklebust, Trond
2011-09-20 15:58         ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
     [not found]       ` <20110920102431.58ca1d96-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-20 14:43         ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 14:58           ` Bryan Schumaker [this message]
2011-09-20 15:38             ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 16:06               ` Bryan Schumaker
2011-09-20 15:11           ` Jeff Layton
2011-09-20 16:20             ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-21  9:07     ` [PATCH v6 " Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-23 14:41       ` Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-23 17:26         ` Myklebust, Trond
2011-09-20 10:13 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] SUNRPC: use rpcbind reference counting helpers Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 10:13 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] SUNRPC: introduce svc helpers for prepairing rpcbind infrastructure Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] SUNRPC: setup rpcbind clients if service requires it Stanislav Kinsbursky
     [not found]   ` <20110920101404.9861.83097.stgit-bi+AKbBUZKagILUCTcTcHdKyNwTtLsGr@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-20 11:22     ` Jeff Layton
2011-09-20 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] NFSd: call svc rpcbind cleanup explicitly Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] SUNRPC: remove rpcbind clients creation during service registering Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] SUNRPC: remove rpcbind clients destruction on module cleanup Stanislav Kinsbursky
     [not found] ` <20110920101031.9861.18444.stgit-bi+AKbBUZKagILUCTcTcHdKyNwTtLsGr@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-20 10:14   ` [PATCH v4 5/8] SUNRPC: cleanup service destruction Stanislav Kinsbursky
2011-09-20 11:24   ` [PATCH v4 0/8] SUNRPC: make rpcbind clients allocated and destroyed dynamically Jeff Layton

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