RE: [Patch v5 08/21] CIFS: SMBD: Upper layer reconnects to SMB Direct session

From: Long Li
Date: Mon Nov 06 2017 - 15:46:46 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Talpey
> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 12:26 PM
> To: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Matthew Wilcox
> <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Pavel Shilovsky <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-cifs <linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger
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> Subject: RE: [Patch v5 08/21] CIFS: SMBD: Upper layer reconnects to SMB
> Direct session
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-cifs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-cifs-
> > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Long Li
> > Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 2:00 PM
> > To: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Pavel Shilovsky
> > <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-cifs <linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger
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> > Subject: RE: [Patch v5 08/21] CIFS: SMBD: Upper layer reconnects to
> > SMB Direct session
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Matthew Wilcox
> > > Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 10:10 AM
> > > To: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Pavel Shilovsky
> > > <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: linux-cifs <linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger
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> > > Subject: RE: [Patch v5 08/21] CIFS: SMBD: Upper layer reconnects to
> > > SMB Direct session
> > >
> > > Oh, I hadn't noticed that. Then I amend my suggestion to be:
> > >
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT
> > > #define cifs_rdma_enabled(server) ((server)->rdma)
> > > #else
> > > #define cifs_rdma_enabled(server) 0
> > > static inline void cifs_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server) {
> > > } #endif
> >
> > I will address those and update patch.
>
> I don't think stubbing such a generic-looking function cifs_reconnect() under
> an RDMA conditional is a good idea. It would seem to hide what's truly going
> on, and deeply confuse someone who tried to code cifs_reconnect() on any
> other code path, thinking it would, well, reconnect.
>
> How about cifs_rdma_reconnect()? That would be fine to override.

Yes this makes more sense, this is the approach I'm going to code.

>
> Tom.
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Long Li
> > > > Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2017 2:20 PM
> > > > To: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Matthew Wilcox
> > > > <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Pavel Shilovsky <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: linux-cifs <linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger
> > > > <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Kernel
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> > > > <sfrench@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Subject: RE: [Patch v5 08/21] CIFS: SMBD: Upper layer reconnects
> > > > to SMB Direct session
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: samba-technical
> > > > > [mailto:samba-technical-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > > On Behalf Of Long Li via samba-technical
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:37 AM
> > > > > To: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Pavel Shilovsky
> > > > > <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: linux-cifs <linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger
> > > > > <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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> > > > > Subject: RE: [Patch v5 08/21] CIFS: SMBD: Upper layer reconnects
> > > > > to SMB Direct session
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Matthew Wilcox
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 12:45 PM
> > > > > > To: Pavel Shilovsky <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx>; Long Li
> > > > > > <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Cc: Steve French <sfrench@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-cifs <linux-
> > > > > > cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; samba-technical
> > > > > > <samba-technical@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > > > > Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> > > > > > rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Tom Talpey <ttalpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Stephen
> > > > > > Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Long Li
> > > <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Subject: RE: [Patch v5 08/21] CIFS: SMBD: Upper layer
> > > > > > reconnects to SMB Direct session
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From: Pavel Shilovsky [mailto:piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > > > > > 2017-10-18 16:09 GMT-07:00 Long Li
> > > <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > > > > > > From: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Do a reconnect on SMB Direct when it is used as the connection.
> > > > > > > > Reconnect
> > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > happen for many reasons and it's mostly the decision of
> > > > > > > > SMB2 upper
> > > > > > layer.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > fs/cifs/connect.c | 7 +++++++
> > > > > > > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index
> > > > > > > > 2c0b34a..8ca3c13 100644
> > > > > > > > --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
> > > > > > > > +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> > > > > > > > @@ -406,7 +406,14 @@ cifs_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info
> > > > > > > > *server)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > /* we should try only the port we connected to before
> */
> > > > > > > > mutex_lock(&server->srv_mutex);
> > > > > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT
> > > > > > > > + if (server->rdma)
> > > > > > > > + rc = smbd_reconnect(server);
> > > > > > > > + else
> > > > > > > > + rc = generic_ip_connect(server);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Minor: here and in other similar places we can remove #else
> > > > > > > part below and put #endif before else block above.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > +#else
> > > > > > > > rc = generic_ip_connect(server);
> > > > > > > > +#endif
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd suggest rather:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT
> > > > > > #define cifs_rdma_enabled(server) ((server)->rdma)
> > > > > > #else
> > > > > > #define cifs_rdma_enabled(server) 0
> > > > > > #endif
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Then we don't need an ifdef in the users, just:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > if (cifs_rdma_enabled(server))
> > > > > > rc = smbd_reconnect(server);
> > > > > > else
> > > > > > rc = generic_ip_connect(server);
> > > >
> > > > It doesn't work well, because smbd_reconnect is defined when
> > > > CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT is set. Now the compiler is complaining it
> > > > can't find this function. Maybe compiler is not smart enough :)
> > > >
> > > > I have sent v6 for all the other comments.
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