[PATCH v6 0/6] nfsd/sunrpc: convert nfsstat server-side interfaces to use netlink

From: Jeff Layton

Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 11:27:00 EST


This version fixes a few problems that Chuck and Sashiko pointed
out in review.

The nfsstat tool currently scrapes /proc/net/rpc/nfsd for server
statistics. This procfs interface has several limitations: the
counters are global (not network-namespace-aware), the format is
fragile to parse, and it cannot be extended without breaking
existing parsers.

This series adds per-network-namespace procedure call counts to
the sunrpc layer and exposes them through a new netlink handler
in the nfsd generic netlink family, allowing nfsstat to retrieve
server statistics via netlink with a procfs fallback for older
kernels. The nfs-utils patch for that part is already merged.

Additionally, this version adds tracking of callback operation counts.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v6:
- Emit the entire server-stats object in a single netlink dump message
- Count CB_SEQUENCE on v4.1+ callbacks, for parity with the forechannel SEQUENCE count
- Fix a use-after-free in nfsd4_run_cb() by snapshotting the opcode, net, and minorversion
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260618-exportd-netlink-v5-0-e9aef947af3d@xxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v5:
- Add NFSv4 callback call counts to nfsstat upcall
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260616-exportd-netlink-v4-0-03505aee3883@xxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v4:
- Ensure error is returned when nla_put_*() calls fail
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260609-exportd-netlink-v3-0-aa5508a5bb1d@xxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v3:
- Only increment per-net stats for the "primary" program
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260525-exportd-netlink-v2-0-40003fed450c@xxxxxxxxxx

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Jeff Layton (6):
sunrpc: add per-netns per-procedure call counts to svc_stat
sunrpc: use per-net counts in svc_seq_show()
nfsd: implement server-stats-get netlink handler
sunrpc: remove unused svc_version vs_count field
nfsd: count NFSv4 callback operations per netns
nfsd: export NFSv4 callback op stats via netlink

Documentation/netlink/specs/nfsd.yaml | 111 +++++++++++++++++
fs/lockd/svc4proc.c | 4 -
fs/lockd/svcproc.c | 7 --
fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c | 6 -
fs/nfsd/localio.c | 3 -
fs/nfsd/netlink.c | 5 +
fs/nfsd/netlink.h | 2 +
fs/nfsd/netns.h | 12 +-
fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c | 3 -
fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c | 3 -
fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c | 3 -
fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c | 22 +++-
fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 3 -
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 2 -
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 222 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c | 3 -
fs/nfsd/stats.c | 2 +-
fs/nfsd/stats.h | 5 +-
include/linux/sunrpc/stats.h | 6 +
include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h | 1 -
include/uapi/linux/nfsd_netlink.h | 36 ++++++
net/sunrpc/stats.c | 2 +-
net/sunrpc/svc.c | 63 +++++++++-
23 files changed, 479 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 6f90c7618528b5ca5887f8c6057f26dcc7a27a99
change-id: 20260316-exportd-netlink-1c9fb52536e3

Best regards,
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Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>