NFSv3: Improve NFSv3 performance when server returns no post-op attributes

When the server fails to return post-op attributes, the client's
attempt to place read data directly in the page cache fails, and
so we have to do an extra copy in order to realign the data with
page borders.
This patch attempts to detect servers that don't return post-op
attributes on read (e.g. for pNFS) and adjusts the placement
calculation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>

4 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index ec8a9efa268f..71bc16225b98 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -786,6 +786,7 @@ nfs3_proc_pathconf(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 static int nfs3_read_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 {
         struct inode *inode = hdr->inode;
+        struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
 
         if (hdr->pgio_done_cb != NULL)
                 return hdr->pgio_done_cb(task, hdr);
@@ -793,6 +794,9 @@ static int nfs3_read_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
         if (nfs3_async_handle_jukebox(task, inode))
                 return -EAGAIN;
 
+        if (task->tk_status >= 0 && !server->read_hdrsize)
+                cmpxchg(&server->read_hdrsize, 0, hdr->res.replen);
+
         nfs_invalidate_atime(inode);
         nfs_refresh_inode(inode, &hdr->fattr);
         return 0;
@@ -802,6 +806,7 @@ static void nfs3_proc_read_setup(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
                                  struct rpc_message *msg)
 {
         msg->rpc_proc = &nfs3_procedures[NFS3PROC_READ];
+        hdr->args.replen = NFS_SERVER(hdr->inode)->read_hdrsize;
 }
 
 static int nfs3_proc_pgio_rpc_prepare(struct rpc_task *task,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index d8c4c10b15f7..78df4eb60f85 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -983,10 +983,11 @@ static void nfs3_xdr_enc_read3args(struct rpc_rqst *req,
                                    const void *data)
 {
         const struct nfs_pgio_args *args = data;
+        unsigned int replen = args->replen ? args->replen : NFS3_readres_sz;
 
         encode_read3args(xdr, args);
         prepare_reply_buffer(req, args->pages, args->pgbase,
-                                        args->count, NFS3_readres_sz);
+                                        args->count, replen);
         req->rq_rcv_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_READ;
 }
 
@@ -1675,9 +1676,11 @@ static int nfs3_xdr_dec_read3res(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct xdr_stream *xdr,
                                  void *data)
 {
         struct nfs_pgio_res *result = data;
+        unsigned int pos;
         enum nfs_stat status;
         int error;
 
+        pos = xdr_stream_pos(xdr);
         error = decode_nfsstat3(xdr, &status);
         if (unlikely(error))
                 goto out;
@@ -1687,6 +1690,7 @@ static int nfs3_xdr_dec_read3res(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct xdr_stream *xdr,
         result->op_status = status;
         if (status != NFS3_OK)
                 goto out_status;
+        result->replen = 3 + ((xdr_stream_pos(xdr) - pos) >> 2);
         error = decode_read3resok(xdr, result);
 out:
         return error;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
index bf39d9c92201..0fc0b9135d46 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ struct nfs_server {
         unsigned short          mountd_port;
         unsigned short          mountd_protocol;
         struct rpc_wait_queue   uoc_rpcwaitq;
+
+        /* XDR related information */
+        unsigned int            read_hdrsize;
 };
 
 /* Server capabilities */
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index bd1c889a9ed9..7f5535e5e852 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ struct nfs_pgio_args {
         __u32                   count;
         unsigned int            pgbase;
         struct page **          pages;
+        unsigned int            replen;         /* used by read */
         const u32 *             bitmask;        /* used by write */
         enum nfs3_stable_how    stable;         /* used by write */
 };
@@ -618,9 +619,9 @@ struct nfs_pgio_res {
         __u32                   count;
         __u32                   op_status;
         int                     eof;            /* used by read */
+        unsigned int            replen;         /* used by read */
         struct nfs_writeverf *  verf;           /* used by write */
         const struct nfs_server *server;        /* used by write */
-
 };
 
 /*