[PATCH] NFS: Default change_attr_type to NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_UNDEFINED

* [PATCH] NFS: Default change_attr_type to NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_UNDEFINED
@ 2021-09-26 18:16 trondmy
  2021-09-26 19:23 ` Chuck Lever III
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: trondmy @ 2021-09-26 18:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Chuck Lever; +Cc: Anna Schumaker, linux-nfs

From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>

Both NFSv3 and NFSv2 generate their change attribute from the ctime
value that was supplied by the server. However the problem is that there
are plenty of servers out there with ctime resolutions of 1ms or worse.
In a modern performance system, this is insufficient when trying to
decide which is the most recent set of attributes when, for instance, a
READ or GETATTR call races with a WRITE or SETATTR.

For this reason, let's revert to labelling the NFSv2/v3 change
attributes as NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_UNDEFINED. This will ensure we protect
against such races.

Fixes: 7b24dacf0840 ("NFS: Another inode revalidation improvement")
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
---
 fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c | 2 +-
 fs/nfs/proc.c    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index e6eca1d7481b..9274c9c5efea 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ static int decode_fsinfo3resok(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 
 	/* ignore properties */
 	result->lease_time = 0;
-	result->change_attr_type = NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_TIME_METADATA;
+	result->change_attr_type = NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_UNDEFINED;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index ea19dbf12301..ecc4e717808c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ nfs_proc_get_root(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 	info->dtpref = fsinfo.tsize;
 	info->maxfilesize = 0x7FFFFFFF;
 	info->lease_time = 0;
-	info->change_attr_type = NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_TIME_METADATA;
+	info->change_attr_type = NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_UNDEFINED;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.31.1


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