Re: [PATCH 3/5] ceph: add wait_list_lock for wait-list serialization
From: Viacheslav Dubeyko
Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 14:44:44 EST
On Mon, 2026-07-13 at 17:46 +0800, Xiubo Li via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Xiubo Li <xiubo.li@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add a dedicated spinlock to protect the waiting_for_map and
> s_waiting lists, which are currently serialized by mdsc->mutex.
> This is a preparatory step for removing mdsc->mutex from the
> kick_requests() path: xa_for_each() is internally locked and the
> per-request filter checks are lockless, so only list_del_init()
> needs external protection.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubo.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
> fs/ceph/mds_client.h | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
> index 909f909b64ed..6f9049148721 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
> @@ -3609,7 +3609,9 @@ static void __do_request(struct ceph_mds_client
> *mdsc,
> doutc(cl, "no mdsmap, waiting for map\n");
> trace_ceph_mdsc_suspend_request(mdsc,
> session, req,
> ceph_mdsc_su
> spend_reason_no_mdsmap);
> + spin_lock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> list_add(&req->r_wait, &mdsc-
> >waiting_for_map);
> + spin_unlock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> return;
> }
> if (!(mdsc->fsc->mount_options->flags &
> @@ -3632,7 +3634,9 @@ static void __do_request(struct ceph_mds_client
> *mdsc,
> doutc(cl, "no mds or not active, waiting for
> map\n");
> trace_ceph_mdsc_suspend_request(mdsc, session, req,
> ceph_mdsc_suspend_re
> ason_no_active_mds);
> + spin_lock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> list_add(&req->r_wait, &mdsc->waiting_for_map);
> + spin_unlock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> return;
> }
>
> @@ -3680,9 +3684,12 @@ static void __do_request(struct
> ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
> if (ceph_test_mount_opt(mdsc->fsc,
> CLEANRECOVER)) {
> trace_ceph_mdsc_suspend_request(mdsc
> , session, req,
> ceph
> _mdsc_suspend_reason_rejected);
> + spin_lock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> list_add(&req->r_wait, &mdsc-
> >waiting_for_map);
> - } else
> + spin_unlock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> + } else {
> err = -EACCES;
> + }
> goto out_session;
> }
>
> @@ -3697,7 +3704,9 @@ static void __do_request(struct ceph_mds_client
> *mdsc,
> }
> trace_ceph_mdsc_suspend_request(mdsc, session, req,
> ceph_mdsc_suspend_re
> ason_session);
> + spin_lock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> list_add(&req->r_wait, &session->s_waiting);
> + spin_unlock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> goto out_session;
> }
>
> @@ -3790,7 +3799,9 @@ static void __wake_requests(struct
> ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
> struct ceph_mds_request *req;
> LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
>
> + spin_lock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> list_splice_init(head, &tmp_list);
> + spin_unlock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
>
> while (!list_empty(&tmp_list)) {
> req = list_entry(tmp_list.next,
> @@ -3823,7 +3834,9 @@ static void kick_requests(struct
> ceph_mds_client *mdsc, int mds)
> if (req->r_session &&
> req->r_session->s_mds == mds) {
> doutc(cl, " kicking tid %llu\n", req-
> >r_tid);
> + spin_lock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> list_del_init(&req->r_wait);
> + spin_unlock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> trace_ceph_mdsc_resume_request(mdsc, req);
> __do_request(mdsc, req);
> }
> @@ -6258,6 +6271,7 @@ int ceph_mdsc_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
> mdsc->snap_realms = RB_ROOT;
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->snap_empty);
> spin_lock_init(&mdsc->snap_empty_lock);
> + spin_lock_init(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> xa_init(&mdsc->request_tree);
> INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mdsc->delayed_work, delayed_work);
> mdsc->last_renew_caps = jiffies;
> @@ -6340,7 +6354,9 @@ static void wait_requests(struct
> ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
> mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
> while ((req = __get_oldest_req(mdsc))) {
> doutc(cl, "timed out on tid %llu\n", req-
> >r_tid);
> + spin_lock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> list_del_init(&req->r_wait);
> + spin_unlock(&mdsc->wait_list_lock);
> __unregister_request(mdsc, req);
> }
> }
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
> index 00ca993ed583..cd5dacfb42bd 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
> +++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
> @@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ struct ceph_mds_client {
> struct list_head snap_empty;
> int num_snap_realms;
> spinlock_t snap_empty_lock; /* protect
> snap_empty */
> + spinlock_t wait_list_lock; /* protect
> waiting_for_map
> + * and s_waiting
> lists
> + */
>
> u64 last_tid; /* most recent mds
> request */
> atomic64_t oldest_tid; /* oldest incomplete
> mds request,
I don't see any issues in the patch. Looks good.
Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
Slava.