pnfs: force a layout commit when encountering busy segments during recall

Christoph Hellwig · trondmypd · commit 7c5d187581f5 · 2014-09-10T12:47:02.000-07:00
Expedite layout recall processing by forcing a layout commit when
we see busy segments.  Without it the layout recall might have to wait
until the VM decided to start writeback for the file, which can introduce
long delays.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust &lt;trond.myklebust@primarydata.com&gt;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
@@ -171,14 +171,20 @@ static u32 initiate_file_draining(struct nfs_client *clp,
 		goto out;
 
 	ino = lo->plh_inode;
+
+	spin_lock(&ino->i_lock);
+	pnfs_set_layout_stateid(lo, &args->cbl_stateid, true);
+	spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
+
+	pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(ino, false);
+
 	spin_lock(&ino->i_lock);
 	if (test_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_BULK_RECALL, &lo->plh_flags) ||
 	    pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_invalid(lo, &free_me_list,
 					&args->cbl_range))
 		rv = NFS4ERR_DELAY;
 	else
 		rv = NFS4ERR_NOMATCHING_LAYOUT;
-	pnfs_set_layout_stateid(lo, &args->cbl_stateid, true);
 	spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 	pnfs_free_lseg_list(&free_me_list);
 	pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ pnfs_layout_free_bulk_destroy_list(struct list_head *layout_list,
 		dprintk("%s freeing layout for inode %lu\n", __func__,
 			lo->plh_inode->i_ino);
 		inode = lo->plh_inode;
+
+		pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(inode, false);
+
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		list_del_init(&lo->plh_bulk_destroy);
 		lo->plh_block_lgets++; /* permanently block new LAYOUTGETs */
