NFSv4: Defer inode revalidation when setting up a delegation
Currently we force a synchronous call to __nfs_revalidate_inode() in
nfs_inode_set_delegation(). This not only ensures that we cannot call
nfs_inode_set_delegation from an asynchronous context, but it also slows
down any call to open().
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index 56f4f6a..20ac403 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@
struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
int status = 0;
- /* Ensure we first revalidate the attributes and page cache! */
- if ((nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR)))
- __nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
-
delegation = kmalloc(sizeof(*delegation), GFP_KERNEL);
if (delegation == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -154,6 +150,12 @@
status = -EIO;
}
}
+
+ /* Ensure we revalidate the attributes and page cache! */
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED;
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
kfree(delegation);
return status;