[PATCH v2 5/5] ceph: narrow mdsc->mutex scope in replay_unsafe_requests

From: Xiubo Li via B4 Relay

Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 00:01:09 EST


From: Xiubo Li <xiubo.li@xxxxxxxxx>

__send_request() is lockless so holding mdsc->mutex across the
replay loop only serializes the list iteration itself. Collect
the unsafe list entries under the mutex, then replay them without
it. The old-request tree walk uses xa_for_each() which is
internally locked.

Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubo.li@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index be0dae919d69..c313574def74 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -4744,30 +4744,66 @@ static void replay_unsafe_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
#else
struct rb_node *p;
#endif
+ LIST_HEAD(replay_list);

doutc(mdsc->fsc->client, "mds%d\n", session->s_mds);

+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+ /* collect unsafe requests under the mutex */
mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(req, nreq, &session->s_unsafe, r_unsafe_item)
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(req, nreq, &session->s_unsafe,
+ r_unsafe_item) {
+ ceph_mdsc_get_request(req);
+ list_move(&req->r_unsafe_item, &replay_list);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
+
+ /* replay unsafe requests (local list, no mutex needed) */
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(req, nreq, &replay_list, r_unsafe_item) {
__send_request(session, req, true);
+ list_del_init(&req->r_unsafe_item);
+ ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
+ }

/*
- * also re-send old requests when MDS enters reconnect stage. So that MDS
- * can process completed request in clientreplay stage.
+ * also re-send old requests when MDS enters reconnect stage.
+ * xa_for_each() is internally locked.
*/
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
idx = 0;
xa_for_each(&mdsc->request_tree, idx, req) {
-#else
+ if (test_bit(CEPH_MDS_R_GOT_UNSAFE, &req->r_req_flags))
+ continue;
+ if (req->r_attempts == 0)
+ continue;
+ if (!req->r_session)
+ continue;
+ if (req->r_session->s_mds != session->s_mds)
+ continue;
+
+ ceph_mdsc_release_dir_caps_async(req);
+
+ ceph_mdsc_get_request(req);
+ __send_request(session, req, true);
+ ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
+ }
+#else /* BITS_PER_LONG != 64 — keep mutex for rb-tree iteration */
+ mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(req, nreq, &session->s_unsafe,
+ r_unsafe_item)
+ __send_request(session, req, true);
+
+ /*
+ * also re-send old requests when MDS enters reconnect stage.
+ * Must hold mutex for rb_first()/rb_next().
+ */
p = rb_first(&mdsc->request_tree);
while (p) {
req = rb_entry(p, struct ceph_mds_request, r_node);
p = rb_next(p);
-#endif
if (test_bit(CEPH_MDS_R_GOT_UNSAFE, &req->r_req_flags))
continue;
if (req->r_attempts == 0)
- continue; /* only old requests */
+ continue;
if (!req->r_session)
continue;
if (req->r_session->s_mds != session->s_mds)
@@ -4778,6 +4814,7 @@ static void replay_unsafe_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
__send_request(session, req, true);
}
mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
+#endif
}

static int send_reconnect_partial(struct ceph_reconnect_state *recon_state)

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