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[v2] nfsd: report client confirmation status in "info" file

Message ID 87h7l6epmb.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name (mailing list archive)
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Series [v2] nfsd: report client confirmation status in "info" file | expand

Commit Message

NeilBrown March 19, 2021, 10:38 p.m. UTC
mountd can now monitor clients appearing and disappearing in
/proc/fs/nfsd/clients, and will log these events, in liu of the logging
of mount/unmount events for NFSv3.

Currently it cannot distinguish between unconfirmed clients (which might
be transient and totally uninteresting) and confirmed clients.

So add a "status: " line which reports either "confirmed" or
"unconfirmed", and use fsnotify to report that the info file
has been modified.

This requires a bit of infrastructure to keep the dentry for the "info"
file.  There is no need to take a counted reference as the dentry must
remain around until the client is removed.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
---
 fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c    | 14 ++++++++------
 fs/nfsd/nfsd.h      |  4 +++-
 fs/nfsd/state.h     |  4 ++++
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Comments

Chuck Lever May 18, 2022, 2:45 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Neil-


> On Mar 19, 2021, at 6:38 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> mountd can now monitor clients appearing and disappearing in
> /proc/fs/nfsd/clients, and will log these events, in liu of the logging
> of mount/unmount events for NFSv3.
> 
> Currently it cannot distinguish between unconfirmed clients (which might
> be transient and totally uninteresting) and confirmed clients.
> 
> So add a "status: " line which reports either "confirmed" or
> "unconfirmed", and use fsnotify to report that the info file
> has been modified.
> 
> This requires a bit of infrastructure to keep the dentry for the "info"
> file.  There is no need to take a counted reference as the dentry must
> remain around until the client is removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
> ---
> fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
> fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c    | 14 ++++++++------
> fs/nfsd/nfsd.h      |  4 +++-
> fs/nfsd/state.h     |  4 ++++
> 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> index 97447a64bad0..ec1b2dd8fd45 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
> #include <linux/sunrpc/addr.h>
> #include <linux/jhash.h>
> #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
> +#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
> #include "xdr4.h"
> #include "xdr4cb.h"
> #include "vfs.h"
> @@ -2352,6 +2353,10 @@ static int client_info_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> 	memcpy(&clid, &clp->cl_clientid, sizeof(clid));
> 	seq_printf(m, "clientid: 0x%llx\n", clid);
> 	seq_printf(m, "address: \"%pISpc\"\n", (struct sockaddr *)&clp->cl_addr);
> +	if (test_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags))
> +		seq_puts(m, "status: confirmed\n");
> +	else
> +		seq_puts(m, "status: unconfirmed\n");
> 	seq_printf(m, "name: ");
> 	seq_quote_mem(m, clp->cl_name.data, clp->cl_name.len);
> 	seq_printf(m, "\nminor version: %d\n", clp->cl_minorversion);
> @@ -2702,6 +2707,7 @@ static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
> 	int ret;
> 	struct net *net = SVC_NET(rqstp);
> 	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
> +	struct dentry *dentries[ARRAY_SIZE(client_files)];
> 
> 	clp = alloc_client(name);
> 	if (clp == NULL)
> @@ -2721,9 +2727,11 @@ static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
> 	memcpy(&clp->cl_addr, sa, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
> 	clp->cl_cb_session = NULL;
> 	clp->net = net;
> -	clp->cl_nfsd_dentry = nfsd_client_mkdir(nn, &clp->cl_nfsdfs,
> -			clp->cl_clientid.cl_id - nn->clientid_base,
> -			client_files);
> +	clp->cl_nfsd_dentry = nfsd_client_mkdir(
> +		nn, &clp->cl_nfsdfs,
> +		clp->cl_clientid.cl_id - nn->clientid_base,
> +		client_files, dentries);
> +	clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry = dentries[0];
> 	if (!clp->cl_nfsd_dentry) {
> 		free_client(clp);
> 		return NULL;
> @@ -2798,7 +2806,10 @@ move_to_confirmed(struct nfs4_client *clp)
> 	list_move(&clp->cl_idhash, &nn->conf_id_hashtbl[idhashval]);
> 	rb_erase(&clp->cl_namenode, &nn->unconf_name_tree);
> 	add_clp_to_name_tree(clp, &nn->conf_name_tree);
> -	set_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags);
> +	if (!test_and_set_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags) &&
> +	    clp->cl_nfsd_dentry &&
> +	    clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry)
> +		fsnotify_dentry(clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry, FS_MODIFY);

I hit a "sleep while spin-locked" splat and bisected it to this
commit. fsnotify() can allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL, so it
can't be called while &nn->client_lock is held, unfortunately.


> 	renew_client_locked(clp);
> }
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> index ef86ed23af82..94ce1eabd9d1 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> @@ -1266,7 +1266,8 @@ static void nfsdfs_remove_files(struct dentry *root)
> /* XXX: cut'n'paste from simple_fill_super; figure out if we could share
>  * code instead. */
> static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
> -					const struct tree_descr *files)
> +				const struct tree_descr *files,
> +				struct dentry **fdentries)
> {
> 	struct inode *dir = d_inode(root);
> 	struct inode *inode;
> @@ -1275,8 +1276,6 @@ static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
> 
> 	inode_lock(dir);
> 	for (i = 0; files->name && files->name[0]; i++, files++) {
> -		if (!files->name)
> -			continue;
> 		dentry = d_alloc_name(root, files->name);
> 		if (!dentry)
> 			goto out;
> @@ -1290,6 +1289,8 @@ static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
> 		inode->i_private = __get_nfsdfs_client(dir);
> 		d_add(dentry, inode);
> 		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
> +		if (fdentries)
> +			fdentries[i] = dentry;
> 	}
> 	inode_unlock(dir);
> 	return 0;
> @@ -1301,8 +1302,9 @@ static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
> 
> /* on success, returns positive number unique to that client. */
> struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
> -		struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
> -		const struct tree_descr *files)
> +				 struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
> +				 const struct tree_descr *files,
> +				 struct dentry **fdentries)
> {
> 	struct dentry *dentry;
> 	char name[11];
> @@ -1313,7 +1315,7 @@ struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
> 	dentry = nfsd_mkdir(nn->nfsd_client_dir, ncl, name);
> 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) /* XXX: tossing errors? */
> 		return NULL;
> -	ret = nfsdfs_create_files(dentry, files);
> +	ret = nfsdfs_create_files(dentry, files, fdentries);
> 	if (ret) {
> 		nfsd_client_rmdir(dentry);
> 		return NULL;
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
> index 8bdc37aa2c2e..9aee72f65330 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
> @@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ struct nfsdfs_client {
> 
> struct nfsdfs_client *get_nfsdfs_client(struct inode *);
> struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
> -		struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id, const struct tree_descr *);
> +				 struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
> +				 const struct tree_descr *,
> +				 struct dentry **fdentries);
> void nfsd_client_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry);
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/state.h b/fs/nfsd/state.h
> index 73deea353169..54cab651ac1d 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
> @@ -371,6 +371,10 @@ struct nfs4_client {
> 
> 	/* debugging info directory under nfsd/clients/ : */
> 	struct dentry		*cl_nfsd_dentry;
> +	/* 'info' file within that directory. Ref is not counted,
> +	 * but will remain valid iff cl_nfsd_dentry != NULL
> +	 */
> +	struct dentry		*cl_nfsd_info_dentry;
> 
> 	/* for nfs41 callbacks */
> 	/* We currently support a single back channel with a single slot */
> -- 
> 2.30.1
> 

--
Chuck Lever
Chuck Lever May 18, 2022, 3:26 p.m. UTC | #2
> On May 18, 2022, at 10:45 AM, Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Neil-
> 
> 
>> On Mar 19, 2021, at 6:38 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> mountd can now monitor clients appearing and disappearing in
>> /proc/fs/nfsd/clients, and will log these events, in liu of the logging
>> of mount/unmount events for NFSv3.
>> 
>> Currently it cannot distinguish between unconfirmed clients (which might
>> be transient and totally uninteresting) and confirmed clients.
>> 
>> So add a "status: " line which reports either "confirmed" or
>> "unconfirmed", and use fsnotify to report that the info file
>> has been modified.
>> 
>> This requires a bit of infrastructure to keep the dentry for the "info"
>> file.  There is no need to take a counted reference as the dentry must
>> remain around until the client is removed.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
>> ---
>> fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
>> fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c    | 14 ++++++++------
>> fs/nfsd/nfsd.h      |  4 +++-
>> fs/nfsd/state.h     |  4 ++++
>> 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
>> index 97447a64bad0..ec1b2dd8fd45 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
>> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
>> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
>> #include <linux/sunrpc/addr.h>
>> #include <linux/jhash.h>
>> #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
>> +#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
>> #include "xdr4.h"
>> #include "xdr4cb.h"
>> #include "vfs.h"
>> @@ -2352,6 +2353,10 @@ static int client_info_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>> 	memcpy(&clid, &clp->cl_clientid, sizeof(clid));
>> 	seq_printf(m, "clientid: 0x%llx\n", clid);
>> 	seq_printf(m, "address: \"%pISpc\"\n", (struct sockaddr *)&clp->cl_addr);
>> +	if (test_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags))
>> +		seq_puts(m, "status: confirmed\n");
>> +	else
>> +		seq_puts(m, "status: unconfirmed\n");
>> 	seq_printf(m, "name: ");
>> 	seq_quote_mem(m, clp->cl_name.data, clp->cl_name.len);
>> 	seq_printf(m, "\nminor version: %d\n", clp->cl_minorversion);
>> @@ -2702,6 +2707,7 @@ static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
>> 	int ret;
>> 	struct net *net = SVC_NET(rqstp);
>> 	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
>> +	struct dentry *dentries[ARRAY_SIZE(client_files)];
>> 
>> 	clp = alloc_client(name);
>> 	if (clp == NULL)
>> @@ -2721,9 +2727,11 @@ static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
>> 	memcpy(&clp->cl_addr, sa, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
>> 	clp->cl_cb_session = NULL;
>> 	clp->net = net;
>> -	clp->cl_nfsd_dentry = nfsd_client_mkdir(nn, &clp->cl_nfsdfs,
>> -			clp->cl_clientid.cl_id - nn->clientid_base,
>> -			client_files);
>> +	clp->cl_nfsd_dentry = nfsd_client_mkdir(
>> +		nn, &clp->cl_nfsdfs,
>> +		clp->cl_clientid.cl_id - nn->clientid_base,
>> +		client_files, dentries);
>> +	clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry = dentries[0];
>> 	if (!clp->cl_nfsd_dentry) {
>> 		free_client(clp);
>> 		return NULL;
>> @@ -2798,7 +2806,10 @@ move_to_confirmed(struct nfs4_client *clp)
>> 	list_move(&clp->cl_idhash, &nn->conf_id_hashtbl[idhashval]);
>> 	rb_erase(&clp->cl_namenode, &nn->unconf_name_tree);
>> 	add_clp_to_name_tree(clp, &nn->conf_name_tree);
>> -	set_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags);
>> +	if (!test_and_set_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags) &&
>> +	    clp->cl_nfsd_dentry &&
>> +	    clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry)
>> +		fsnotify_dentry(clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry, FS_MODIFY);
> 
> I hit a "sleep while spin-locked" splat and bisected it to this
> commit. fsnotify() can allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL, so it
> can't be called while &nn->client_lock is held, unfortunately.

Never mind. This was fixed by

  934bd07fae7e ("nfsd: move fsnotify on client creation outside spinlock")


>> 	renew_client_locked(clp);
>> }
>> 
>> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
>> index ef86ed23af82..94ce1eabd9d1 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
>> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
>> @@ -1266,7 +1266,8 @@ static void nfsdfs_remove_files(struct dentry *root)
>> /* XXX: cut'n'paste from simple_fill_super; figure out if we could share
>> * code instead. */
>> static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
>> -					const struct tree_descr *files)
>> +				const struct tree_descr *files,
>> +				struct dentry **fdentries)
>> {
>> 	struct inode *dir = d_inode(root);
>> 	struct inode *inode;
>> @@ -1275,8 +1276,6 @@ static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
>> 
>> 	inode_lock(dir);
>> 	for (i = 0; files->name && files->name[0]; i++, files++) {
>> -		if (!files->name)
>> -			continue;
>> 		dentry = d_alloc_name(root, files->name);
>> 		if (!dentry)
>> 			goto out;
>> @@ -1290,6 +1289,8 @@ static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
>> 		inode->i_private = __get_nfsdfs_client(dir);
>> 		d_add(dentry, inode);
>> 		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
>> +		if (fdentries)
>> +			fdentries[i] = dentry;
>> 	}
>> 	inode_unlock(dir);
>> 	return 0;
>> @@ -1301,8 +1302,9 @@ static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
>> 
>> /* on success, returns positive number unique to that client. */
>> struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
>> -		struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
>> -		const struct tree_descr *files)
>> +				 struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
>> +				 const struct tree_descr *files,
>> +				 struct dentry **fdentries)
>> {
>> 	struct dentry *dentry;
>> 	char name[11];
>> @@ -1313,7 +1315,7 @@ struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
>> 	dentry = nfsd_mkdir(nn->nfsd_client_dir, ncl, name);
>> 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) /* XXX: tossing errors? */
>> 		return NULL;
>> -	ret = nfsdfs_create_files(dentry, files);
>> +	ret = nfsdfs_create_files(dentry, files, fdentries);
>> 	if (ret) {
>> 		nfsd_client_rmdir(dentry);
>> 		return NULL;
>> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
>> index 8bdc37aa2c2e..9aee72f65330 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
>> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
>> @@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ struct nfsdfs_client {
>> 
>> struct nfsdfs_client *get_nfsdfs_client(struct inode *);
>> struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
>> -		struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id, const struct tree_descr *);
>> +				 struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
>> +				 const struct tree_descr *,
>> +				 struct dentry **fdentries);
>> void nfsd_client_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry);
>> 
>> 
>> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/state.h b/fs/nfsd/state.h
>> index 73deea353169..54cab651ac1d 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
>> +++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
>> @@ -371,6 +371,10 @@ struct nfs4_client {
>> 
>> 	/* debugging info directory under nfsd/clients/ : */
>> 	struct dentry		*cl_nfsd_dentry;
>> +	/* 'info' file within that directory. Ref is not counted,
>> +	 * but will remain valid iff cl_nfsd_dentry != NULL
>> +	 */
>> +	struct dentry		*cl_nfsd_info_dentry;
>> 
>> 	/* for nfs41 callbacks */
>> 	/* We currently support a single back channel with a single slot */
>> -- 
>> 2.30.1
>> 
> 
> --
> Chuck Lever

--
Chuck Lever
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Patch

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 97447a64bad0..ec1b2dd8fd45 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/sunrpc/addr.h>
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
 #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include "xdr4.h"
 #include "xdr4cb.h"
 #include "vfs.h"
@@ -2352,6 +2353,10 @@  static int client_info_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	memcpy(&clid, &clp->cl_clientid, sizeof(clid));
 	seq_printf(m, "clientid: 0x%llx\n", clid);
 	seq_printf(m, "address: \"%pISpc\"\n", (struct sockaddr *)&clp->cl_addr);
+	if (test_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags))
+		seq_puts(m, "status: confirmed\n");
+	else
+		seq_puts(m, "status: unconfirmed\n");
 	seq_printf(m, "name: ");
 	seq_quote_mem(m, clp->cl_name.data, clp->cl_name.len);
 	seq_printf(m, "\nminor version: %d\n", clp->cl_minorversion);
@@ -2702,6 +2707,7 @@  static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
 	int ret;
 	struct net *net = SVC_NET(rqstp);
 	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
+	struct dentry *dentries[ARRAY_SIZE(client_files)];
 
 	clp = alloc_client(name);
 	if (clp == NULL)
@@ -2721,9 +2727,11 @@  static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
 	memcpy(&clp->cl_addr, sa, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
 	clp->cl_cb_session = NULL;
 	clp->net = net;
-	clp->cl_nfsd_dentry = nfsd_client_mkdir(nn, &clp->cl_nfsdfs,
-			clp->cl_clientid.cl_id - nn->clientid_base,
-			client_files);
+	clp->cl_nfsd_dentry = nfsd_client_mkdir(
+		nn, &clp->cl_nfsdfs,
+		clp->cl_clientid.cl_id - nn->clientid_base,
+		client_files, dentries);
+	clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry = dentries[0];
 	if (!clp->cl_nfsd_dentry) {
 		free_client(clp);
 		return NULL;
@@ -2798,7 +2806,10 @@  move_to_confirmed(struct nfs4_client *clp)
 	list_move(&clp->cl_idhash, &nn->conf_id_hashtbl[idhashval]);
 	rb_erase(&clp->cl_namenode, &nn->unconf_name_tree);
 	add_clp_to_name_tree(clp, &nn->conf_name_tree);
-	set_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags);
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_CONFIRMED, &clp->cl_flags) &&
+	    clp->cl_nfsd_dentry &&
+	    clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry)
+		fsnotify_dentry(clp->cl_nfsd_info_dentry, FS_MODIFY);
 	renew_client_locked(clp);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index ef86ed23af82..94ce1eabd9d1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,8 @@  static void nfsdfs_remove_files(struct dentry *root)
 /* XXX: cut'n'paste from simple_fill_super; figure out if we could share
  * code instead. */
 static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
-					const struct tree_descr *files)
+				const struct tree_descr *files,
+				struct dentry **fdentries)
 {
 	struct inode *dir = d_inode(root);
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -1275,8 +1276,6 @@  static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
 
 	inode_lock(dir);
 	for (i = 0; files->name && files->name[0]; i++, files++) {
-		if (!files->name)
-			continue;
 		dentry = d_alloc_name(root, files->name);
 		if (!dentry)
 			goto out;
@@ -1290,6 +1289,8 @@  static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
 		inode->i_private = __get_nfsdfs_client(dir);
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
+		if (fdentries)
+			fdentries[i] = dentry;
 	}
 	inode_unlock(dir);
 	return 0;
@@ -1301,8 +1302,9 @@  static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
 
 /* on success, returns positive number unique to that client. */
 struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
-		struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
-		const struct tree_descr *files)
+				 struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
+				 const struct tree_descr *files,
+				 struct dentry **fdentries)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	char name[11];
@@ -1313,7 +1315,7 @@  struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
 	dentry = nfsd_mkdir(nn->nfsd_client_dir, ncl, name);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) /* XXX: tossing errors? */
 		return NULL;
-	ret = nfsdfs_create_files(dentry, files);
+	ret = nfsdfs_create_files(dentry, files, fdentries);
 	if (ret) {
 		nfsd_client_rmdir(dentry);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 8bdc37aa2c2e..9aee72f65330 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@  struct nfsdfs_client {
 
 struct nfsdfs_client *get_nfsdfs_client(struct inode *);
 struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
-		struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id, const struct tree_descr *);
+				 struct nfsdfs_client *ncl, u32 id,
+				 const struct tree_descr *,
+				 struct dentry **fdentries);
 void nfsd_client_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/state.h b/fs/nfsd/state.h
index 73deea353169..54cab651ac1d 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
@@ -371,6 +371,10 @@  struct nfs4_client {
 
 	/* debugging info directory under nfsd/clients/ : */
 	struct dentry		*cl_nfsd_dentry;
+	/* 'info' file within that directory. Ref is not counted,
+	 * but will remain valid iff cl_nfsd_dentry != NULL
+	 */
+	struct dentry		*cl_nfsd_info_dentry;
 
 	/* for nfs41 callbacks */
 	/* We currently support a single back channel with a single slot */