[PATCH v2 2/2] nfs: expose FMODE_NOWAIT for read-only files

From: Dylan Yudaken

Date: Sun Jun 07 2026 - 03:33:20 EST


NFS O_DIRECT reads already (mostly) handle async requests, with the
exception of locking the inode for direct.
Handle async requests properly by using nfs_start_io_direct_nowait,
and then expose FMODE_NOWAIT since it's now supported for direct reads.

Signed-off-by: Dylan Yudaken <dyudaken@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/direct.c | 12 ++++++++++--
fs/nfs/file.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 48d89716193a..e626c72495e6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -466,14 +466,22 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
goto out_release;
}
dreq->l_ctx = l_ctx;
- if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
+ if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
dreq->iocb = iocb;
+ } else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+ result = -EAGAIN;
+ nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
+ goto out_release;
+ }

if (user_backed_iter(iter))
dreq->flags = NFS_ODIRECT_SHOULD_DIRTY;

if (!swap) {
- result = nfs_start_io_direct(inode);
+ if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ result = nfs_start_io_direct_nowait(inode);
+ else
+ result = nfs_start_io_direct(inode);
if (result) {
/* release the reference that would usually be
* consumed by nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec()
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 25048a3c2364..a0d8f1c1cf10 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ nfs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
return res;

res = nfs_open(inode, filp);
- if (res == 0)
+ if (res == 0) {
filp->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT;
+ /* flag NOWAIT on read-only files only */
+ if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+ filp->f_mode |= FMODE_NOWAIT;
+ }
return res;
}

@@ -166,6 +170,10 @@ nfs_file_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
return nfs_file_direct_read(iocb, to, false);

+ /* NOWAIT only supported on direct reads */
+ if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
dprintk("NFS: read(%pD2, %zu@%lu)\n",
iocb->ki_filp,
iov_iter_count(to), (unsigned long) iocb->ki_pos);
@@ -705,6 +713,12 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)

trace_nfs_file_write(iocb, from);

+ /*
+ * FMODE_NOWAIT is not set for writable files
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
result = nfs_key_timeout_notify(file, inode);
if (result)
return result;
--
2.50.1