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sunrpc: convert unnecessary GFP_ATOMIC to GFP_NOFS

Message ID 20181220154236.GC6063@fieldses.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series sunrpc: convert unnecessary GFP_ATOMIC to GFP_NOFS | expand

Commit Message

J. Bruce Fields Dec. 20, 2018, 3:42 p.m. UTC
From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>

It's OK to sleep here, we just don't want to recurse into the filesystem
as this writeout could be waiting on this.

Future work: the documentation for GFP_NOFS says "Please try to avoid
using this flag directly and instead use memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} to
mark the whole scope which cannot/shouldn't recurse into the FS layer
with a short explanation why. All allocation requests will inherit
GFP_NOFS implicitly."

But I'm not sure where to do this.  Should the workqueue be arranging
that for us in the case of workqueues created with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM?

Reported-by: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammer.space>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
---
 net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Also, I've still got this one.  (And still haven't looked into whether
it should be using a memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} elsewhere instead.)

Comments

Chuck Lever Dec. 20, 2018, 3:47 p.m. UTC | #1
> On Dec 20, 2018, at 10:42 AM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
> 
> From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>
> 
> It's OK to sleep here, we just don't want to recurse into the filesystem
> as this writeout could be waiting on this.

"as a writeout"


> Future work: the documentation for GFP_NOFS says "Please try to avoid
> using this flag directly and instead use memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} to
> mark the whole scope which cannot/shouldn't recurse into the FS layer
> with a short explanation why. All allocation requests will inherit
> GFP_NOFS implicitly."
> 
> But I'm not sure where to do this.  Should the workqueue be arranging
> that for us in the case of workqueues created with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM?

There seem to be plenty of uses of GFP_NOFS in NFS and sunrpc.
That sounds like a big project.


> Reported-by: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammer.space>
> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
> ---
> net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Also, I've still got this one.  (And still haven't looked into whether
> it should be using a memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} elsewhere instead.)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> index 08b5fa4a2852..41a971ac1c63 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
> 		goto bailout_nofree;
> 	}
> 
> -	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcbind_args), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcbind_args), GFP_NOFS);
> 	if (!map) {
> 		status = -ENOMEM;
> 		dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",
> @@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
> 	case RPCBVERS_4:
> 	case RPCBVERS_3:
> 		map->r_netid = xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_NETID];
> -		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_NOFS);
> 		if (!map->r_addr) {
> 			status = -ENOMEM;
> 			dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",
> -- 
> 2.19.2
> 

--
Chuck Lever
J. Bruce Fields Dec. 20, 2018, 3:52 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 10:47:25AM -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Dec 20, 2018, at 10:42 AM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
> > 
> > From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>
> > 
> > It's OK to sleep here, we just don't want to recurse into the filesystem
> > as this writeout could be waiting on this.
> 
> "as a writeout"

Oops, thanks.

> > Future work: the documentation for GFP_NOFS says "Please try to avoid
> > using this flag directly and instead use memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} to
> > mark the whole scope which cannot/shouldn't recurse into the FS layer
> > with a short explanation why. All allocation requests will inherit
> > GFP_NOFS implicitly."
> > 
> > But I'm not sure where to do this.  Should the workqueue be arranging
> > that for us in the case of workqueues created with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM?
> 
> There seem to be plenty of uses of GFP_NOFS in NFS and sunrpc.
> That sounds like a big project.

Yeah, just noting it for future reference.

--b.

> > Reported-by: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammer.space>
> > Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Also, I've still got this one.  (And still haven't looked into whether
> > it should be using a memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} elsewhere instead.)
> > 
> > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> > index 08b5fa4a2852..41a971ac1c63 100644
> > --- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> > +++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> > @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
> > 		goto bailout_nofree;
> > 	}
> > 
> > -	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcbind_args), GFP_ATOMIC);
> > +	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcbind_args), GFP_NOFS);
> > 	if (!map) {
> > 		status = -ENOMEM;
> > 		dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",
> > @@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
> > 	case RPCBVERS_4:
> > 	case RPCBVERS_3:
> > 		map->r_netid = xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_NETID];
> > -		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_ATOMIC);
> > +		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_NOFS);
> > 		if (!map->r_addr) {
> > 			status = -ENOMEM;
> > 			dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",
> > -- 
> > 2.19.2
> > 
> 
> --
> Chuck Lever
> 
>
J. Bruce Fields Dec. 20, 2018, 8:13 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 10:52:19AM -0500, Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 10:47:25AM -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > On Dec 20, 2018, at 10:42 AM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>
> > > 
> > > It's OK to sleep here, we just don't want to recurse into the filesystem
> > > as this writeout could be waiting on this.
> > 
> > "as a writeout"
> 
> Oops, thanks.

(Trond or Anna, I'm assuming you can fix that up, but let me know if
you'd rather I resent.)

--b.

> 
> > > Future work: the documentation for GFP_NOFS says "Please try to avoid
> > > using this flag directly and instead use memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} to
> > > mark the whole scope which cannot/shouldn't recurse into the FS layer
> > > with a short explanation why. All allocation requests will inherit
> > > GFP_NOFS implicitly."
> > > 
> > > But I'm not sure where to do this.  Should the workqueue be arranging
> > > that for us in the case of workqueues created with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM?
> > 
> > There seem to be plenty of uses of GFP_NOFS in NFS and sunrpc.
> > That sounds like a big project.
> 
> Yeah, just noting it for future reference.
> 
> --b.
> 
> > > Reported-by: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammer.space>
> > > Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > > net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c | 4 ++--
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Also, I've still got this one.  (And still haven't looked into whether
> > > it should be using a memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} elsewhere instead.)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> > > index 08b5fa4a2852..41a971ac1c63 100644
> > > --- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> > > +++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
> > > @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
> > > 		goto bailout_nofree;
> > > 	}
> > > 
> > > -	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcbind_args), GFP_ATOMIC);
> > > +	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcbind_args), GFP_NOFS);
> > > 	if (!map) {
> > > 		status = -ENOMEM;
> > > 		dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",
> > > @@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
> > > 	case RPCBVERS_4:
> > > 	case RPCBVERS_3:
> > > 		map->r_netid = xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_NETID];
> > > -		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_ATOMIC);
> > > +		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_NOFS);
> > > 		if (!map->r_addr) {
> > > 			status = -ENOMEM;
> > > 			dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",
> > > -- 
> > > 2.19.2
> > > 
> > 
> > --
> > Chuck Lever
> > 
> >
Trond Myklebust Dec. 21, 2018, 6:37 a.m. UTC | #4
On Thu, 2018-12-20 at 10:52 -0500, Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 10:47:25AM -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
> > 
> > > On Dec 20, 2018, at 10:42 AM, J. Bruce Fields <
> > > bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>
> > > 
> > > It's OK to sleep here, we just don't want to recurse into the
> > > filesystem
> > > as this writeout could be waiting on this.
> > 
> > "as a writeout"
> 
> Oops, thanks.
> 
> > > Future work: the documentation for GFP_NOFS says "Please try to
> > > avoid
> > > using this flag directly and instead use
> > > memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} to
> > > mark the whole scope which cannot/shouldn't recurse into the FS
> > > layer
> > > with a short explanation why. All allocation requests will
> > > inherit
> > > GFP_NOFS implicitly."
> > > 
> > > But I'm not sure where to do this.  Should the workqueue be
> > > arranging
> > > that for us in the case of workqueues created with
> > > WQ_MEM_RECLAIM?
> > 
> > There seem to be plenty of uses of GFP_NOFS in NFS and sunrpc.
> > That sounds like a big project.
> 
> Yeah, just noting it for future reference.
> 

I'd suggest that we can probably just call memalloc_nofs_save() in
rpc_execute(), and otherwise in those workqueue callback functions that
are executed directly by rpciod and xprtiod. That doesn't make for too
many callsites.
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diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index 08b5fa4a2852..41a971ac1c63 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@  void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
 		goto bailout_nofree;
 	}
 
-	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcbind_args), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcbind_args), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!map) {
 		status = -ENOMEM;
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@  void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case RPCBVERS_4:
 	case RPCBVERS_3:
 		map->r_netid = xprt->address_strings[RPC_DISPLAY_NETID];
-		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		map->r_addr = rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(sap, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!map->r_addr) {
 			status = -ENOMEM;
 			dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: no memory available\n",