Re: [PATCH 1/5] ceph: convert oldest_tid to atomic64_t

From: Viacheslav Dubeyko

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 14:21:44 EST


On Mon, 2026-07-13 at 17:46 +0800, Xiubo Li via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Xiubo Li <xiubo.li@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The oldest_client_tid sent in the MDS request header is advisory:
> a stale value is harmless -- at worst the MDS may resend a reply
> we already have, or skip one we still need (which will just be
> retried).  With the plain u64 read, however, the compiler is free
> to split or cache the load, which is undefined behaviour when the
> write side runs under mdsc->mutex on a different CPU.
>
> Convert mdsc->oldest_tid from u64 to atomic64_t so that reads
> are guaranteed to be single-copy atomic on all architectures.
> This removes the one remaining reason __prepare_send_request()
> and __send_request() needed to be called under mdsc->mutex, so
> drop those comments as well.
>
> All write sites (__register_request, __unregister_request) still
> run under mdsc->mutex, so use atomic64_set() for clarity.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubo.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 21 ++++++++-------------
>  fs/ceph/mds_client.h |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
> index 9f84ef2ac6e4..98d0a5baff70 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
> @@ -1235,8 +1235,9 @@ static void __register_request(struct
> ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
>   if (!req->r_mnt_idmap)
>   req->r_mnt_idmap = &nop_mnt_idmap;
>  
> - if (mdsc->oldest_tid == 0 && req->r_op !=
> CEPH_MDS_OP_SETFILELOCK)
> - mdsc->oldest_tid = req->r_tid;
> + if (atomic64_read(&mdsc->oldest_tid) == 0 &&
> +     req->r_op != CEPH_MDS_OP_SETFILELOCK)
> + atomic64_set(&mdsc->oldest_tid, req->r_tid);
>  
>   if (dir) {
>   struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(dir);
> @@ -1257,14 +1258,14 @@ static void __unregister_request(struct
> ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
>   /* Never leave an unregistered request on an unsafe list! */
>   list_del_init(&req->r_unsafe_item);
>  
> - if (req->r_tid == mdsc->oldest_tid) {
> + if (req->r_tid == atomic64_read(&mdsc->oldest_tid)) {
>   struct rb_node *p = rb_next(&req->r_node);
> - mdsc->oldest_tid = 0;
> + atomic64_set(&mdsc->oldest_tid, 0);
>   while (p) {
>   struct ceph_mds_request *next_req =
>   rb_entry(p, struct ceph_mds_request,
> r_node);
>   if (next_req->r_op !=
> CEPH_MDS_OP_SETFILELOCK) {
> - mdsc->oldest_tid = next_req->r_tid;
> + atomic64_set(&mdsc->oldest_tid,
> next_req->r_tid);
>   break;
>   }
>   p = rb_next(p);
> @@ -1693,7 +1694,7 @@ create_session_full_msg(struct ceph_mds_client
> *mdsc, int op, u64 seq)
>   ceph_encode_32(&p, 0);
>  
>   /* version == 7, oldest_client_tid */
> - ceph_encode_64(&p, mdsc->oldest_tid);
> + ceph_encode_64(&p, atomic64_read(&mdsc->oldest_tid));
>  
>   msg->front.iov_len = p - msg->front.iov_base;
>   msg->hdr.front_len = cpu_to_le32(msg->front.iov_len);
> @@ -2759,7 +2760,7 @@ static struct ceph_mds_request
> *__get_oldest_req(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
>  
>  static inline  u64 __get_oldest_tid(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
>  {
> - return mdsc->oldest_tid;
> + return atomic64_read(&mdsc->oldest_tid);
>  }
>  
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION)
> @@ -3438,9 +3439,6 @@ static void complete_request(struct
> ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
>   complete_all(&req->r_completion);
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - * called under mdsc->mutex
> - */
>  static int __prepare_send_request(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
>     struct ceph_mds_request *req,
>     bool drop_cap_releases)
> @@ -3555,9 +3553,6 @@ static int __prepare_send_request(struct
> ceph_mds_session *session,
>   return 0;
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - * called under mdsc->mutex
> - */
>  static int __send_request(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
>     struct ceph_mds_request *req,
>     bool drop_cap_releases)
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
> index 731d6ad04956..3b614b5df18c 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
> +++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
> @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ struct ceph_mds_client {
>   spinlock_t              snap_empty_lock;  /* protect
> snap_empty */
>  
>   u64                    last_tid;      /* most recent mds
> request */
> - u64                    oldest_tid;    /* oldest incomplete
> mds request,
> + atomic64_t             oldest_tid;    /* oldest incomplete
> mds request,
>   excluding
> setfilelock requests */
>   struct rb_root         request_tree;  /* pending mds
> requests */
>   struct delayed_work    delayed_work;  /* delayed work */

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Slava.