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authorChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>2015-08-03 17:03:58 (GMT)
committerAnna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>2015-08-05 20:21:27 (GMT)
commit02eb57d8f44caa582e297f51f3555d47767c5fe9 (patch)
tree498f9292c46c4a0a824e82da9d2c9444e59645ca /net/sunrpc
parent5457ced0b504b41afe9439a6533066dea2fc0e1a (diff)
downloadlinux-02eb57d8f44caa582e297f51f3555d47767c5fe9.tar.xz
xprtrdma: Always provide a write list when sending NFS READ
The client has been setting up a reply chunk for NFS READs that are smaller than the inline threshold. This is not efficient: both the server and client CPUs have to copy the reply's data payload into and out of the memory region that is then transferred via RDMA. Using the write list, the data payload is moved by the device and no extra data copying is necessary. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Devesh Sharma <devesh.sharma@avagotech.com> Reviewed-By: Sagi Grimberg <sagig@mellanox.com> Tested-by: Devesh Sharma <devesh.sharma@avagotech.com> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/sunrpc')
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c21
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index 950b654..e7cf976 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -418,28 +418,15 @@ rpcrdma_marshal_req(struct rpc_rqst *rqst)
/*
* Chunks needed for results?
*
+ * o Read ops return data as write chunk(s), header as inline.
* o If the expected result is under the inline threshold, all ops
* return as inline (but see later).
* o Large non-read ops return as a single reply chunk.
- * o Large read ops return data as write chunk(s), header as inline.
- *
- * Note: the NFS code sending down multiple result segments implies
- * the op is one of read, readdir[plus], readlink or NFSv4 getacl.
- */
-
- /*
- * This code can handle read chunks, write chunks OR reply
- * chunks -- only one type. If the request is too big to fit
- * inline, then we will choose read chunks. If the request is
- * a READ, then use write chunks to separate the file data
- * into pages; otherwise use reply chunks.
*/
- if (rpcrdma_results_inline(rqst))
- wtype = rpcrdma_noch;
- else if (rqst->rq_rcv_buf.page_len == 0)
- wtype = rpcrdma_replych;
- else if (rqst->rq_rcv_buf.flags & XDRBUF_READ)
+ if (rqst->rq_rcv_buf.flags & XDRBUF_READ)
wtype = rpcrdma_writech;
+ else if (rpcrdma_results_inline(rqst))
+ wtype = rpcrdma_noch;
else
wtype = rpcrdma_replych;