[PATCH 5/8] nfsd: give the open file cache its own mutex
From: Jeff Layton
Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 12:42:21 EST
nfsd_global_mutex still serializes file cache flushes against server
start/stop in unrelated namespaces. nfsd_file_cache_purge() is reached from
expkey_flush() on every "exportfs -f", which makes it the only frequent
taker of the global lock -- and it has nothing to do with nfsd_users or the
NFSv4 global tables it would be waiting on.
Move NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP and the objects it covers (rhltable, LRU, slabs,
shrinker, fsnotify groups) onto a nfsd_file_cache_mutex private to
filecache.c. nfsd_file_cache_init() and nfsd_file_cache_shutdown() take it
themselves rather than asserting the caller holds the global one, so
nfssvc.c no longer needs to know how the cache locks itself.
nfsd_global_mutex is left holding only nfsd_users, the notifier count and
user_recovery_dirname, all of which are touched solely on server
start/stop.
Ordering is nn->nfsd_mutex outside nfsd_global_mutex outside
nfsd_file_cache_mutex. The cache mutex is reached three ways, all
consistent with that: from nfsd_startup_generic()/nfsd_shutdown_generic()
under the global mutex, from nfsd_shutdown_net() under nn->nfsd_mutex, and
bare from expkey_flush() and the filecache stats file. Nothing called with
the cache mutex held takes either of the others.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfsd/filecache.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
index 501772bc8f8d..179362e5394b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@
*/
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nfsd_gc_lock);
+/*
+ * Guards NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP and the host-wide objects it covers: the
+ * rhltable, the LRU, the slabs, the shrinker and the fsnotify groups.
+ * Held across cache bring-up and teardown, and by readers and walkers
+ * that need the cache to stay up for the duration (->cache_purge, the
+ * stats file).
+ *
+ * Nests inside nfsd_global_mutex and inside nn->nfsd_mutex.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
+
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nfsd_file_cache_hits);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nfsd_file_acquisitions);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nfsd_file_allocations);
@@ -869,9 +880,11 @@ nfsd_file_cache_init(void)
{
int ret;
- lockdep_assert_held(&nfsd_global_mutex);
- if (test_and_set_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 1)
+ mutex_lock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
+ if (test_and_set_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 1) {
+ mutex_unlock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
return 0;
+ }
ret = rhltable_init(&nfsd_file_rhltable, &nfsd_file_rhash_params);
if (ret)
@@ -937,6 +950,7 @@ nfsd_file_cache_init(void)
out:
if (ret)
clear_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags);
+ mutex_unlock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
return ret;
out_notify_group:
fsnotify_put_group(nfsd_file_fsnotify_group);
@@ -1011,16 +1025,16 @@ nfsd_file_cache_start_net(struct net *net)
* nfsd_file_cache_purge - Remove all cache items associated with @net
* @net: target net namespace
*
- * Takes nfsd_global_mutex so the cache cannot be torn down underneath the
- * walk. Callers must not already hold it.
+ * Takes nfsd_file_cache_mutex so the cache cannot be torn down underneath
+ * the walk. Callers must not already hold it.
*/
void
nfsd_file_cache_purge(struct net *net)
{
- mutex_lock(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
if (test_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 1)
__nfsd_file_cache_purge(net);
- mutex_unlock(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
}
void
@@ -1045,9 +1059,11 @@ nfsd_file_cache_shutdown(void)
{
int i;
- lockdep_assert_held(&nfsd_global_mutex);
- if (test_and_clear_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 0)
+ mutex_lock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
+ if (test_and_clear_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 0) {
+ mutex_unlock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
return;
+ }
lease_unregister_notifier(&nfsd_file_lease_notifier);
shrinker_free(nfsd_file_shrinker);
@@ -1078,6 +1094,7 @@ nfsd_file_cache_shutdown(void)
per_cpu(nfsd_file_total_age, i) = 0;
per_cpu(nfsd_file_evictions, i) = 0;
}
+ mutex_unlock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
}
static struct nfsd_file *
@@ -1476,8 +1493,8 @@ int nfsd_file_cache_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
unsigned int i, count = 0, buckets = 0;
unsigned long lru = 0, total_age = 0;
- /* Serialize with server shutdown */
- mutex_lock(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ /* Serialize with cache teardown */
+ mutex_lock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
if (test_bit(NFSD_FILE_CACHE_UP, &nfsd_file_flags) == 1) {
struct bucket_table *tbl;
struct rhashtable *ht;
@@ -1491,7 +1508,7 @@ int nfsd_file_cache_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
buckets = tbl->size;
rcu_read_unlock();
}
- mutex_unlock(&nfsd_global_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&nfsd_file_cache_mutex);
for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
hits += per_cpu(nfsd_file_cache_hits, i);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 5cb92c3829f9..b2c215775e08 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ static __be32 nfsd_init_request(struct svc_rqst *,
*
* nfsd_global_mutex covers only what is genuinely shared between
* namespaces: the nfsd_users refcount and the host-wide resources it
- * brings up and tears down (the open file cache and the NFSv4 global
- * tables), the address-notifier registration, and user_recovery_dirname.
+ * brings up and tears down (the NFSv4 global tables, and the open file
+ * cache -- which guards its own internals with nfsd_file_cache_mutex),
+ * the address-notifier registration, and user_recovery_dirname.
*
- * Lock ordering is nn->nfsd_mutex outside nfsd_global_mutex. Nothing takes
- * two namespaces' nfsd_mutexes.
+ * Lock ordering is nn->nfsd_mutex outside nfsd_global_mutex outside
+ * nfsd_file_cache_mutex. Nothing takes two namespaces' nfsd_mutexes.
*/
DEFINE_MUTEX(nfsd_global_mutex);
--
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