knfsd: nfsd4: vary maximum delegation limit based on RAM size

[linux-2.6-block.git] / fs / nfsd / nfs4state.c

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 9cc31eaf3857611411357114b81dc6a471cfdc23..46249886ea8603994300161933f4f865b97e18bf 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/nfsd/state.h>
 #include <linux/nfsd/xdr4.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/lockd/bind.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ get_nfs4_file(struct nfs4_file *fi)
 }
 
 static int num_delegations;
+unsigned int max_delegations;
 
 /*
  * Open owner state (share locks)
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ alloc_init_deleg(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct nfs4_stateid *stp, struct svc_f
        struct nfs4_callback *cb = &stp->st_stateowner->so_client->cl_callback;
 
        dprintk("NFSD alloc_init_deleg\n");
-       if (num_delegations > STATEID_HASH_SIZE * 4)
+       if (num_delegations > max_delegations)
                return NULL;
        dp = kmem_cache_alloc(deleg_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (dp == NULL)
@@ -3197,6 +3199,27 @@ get_nfs4_grace_period(void)
        return max(user_lease_time, lease_time) * HZ;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Since the lifetime of a delegation isn't limited to that of an open, a
+ * client may quite reasonably hang on to a delegation as long as it has
+ * the inode cached.  This becomes an obvious problem the first time a
+ * client's inode cache approaches the size of the server's total memory.
+ *
+ * For now we avoid this problem by imposing a hard limit on the number
+ * of delegations, which varies according to the server's memory size.
+ */
+static void
+set_max_delegations(void)
+{
+       /*
+        * Allow at most 4 delegations per megabyte of RAM.  Quick
+        * estimates suggest that in the worst case (where every delegation
+        * is for a different inode), a delegation could take about 1.5K,
+        * giving a worst case usage of about 6% of memory.
+        */
+       max_delegations = nr_free_buffer_pages() >> (20 - 2 - PAGE_SHIFT);
+}
+
 /* initialization to perform when the nfsd service is started: */
 
 static void
@@ -3212,6 +3235,7 @@ __nfs4_state_start(void)
               grace_time/HZ);
        laundry_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("nfsd4");
        queue_delayed_work(laundry_wq, &laundromat_work, grace_time);
+       set_max_delegations();
 }
 
 int