[PATCH 5/5] ceph: narrow mdsc->mutex scope in replay_unsafe_requests

Xiubo Li via B4 Relay <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:46:11 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.ceph-devel,org.kernel.feeds.b4-sent,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <20260713-ceph-mdsc-mutex-optimization-v1-5-9ae5ac135c34@clyso.com>
From: Xiubo Li <[email protected]>

__send_request() is lockless so holding mdsc->mutex across the
replay loop only serializes the list iteration itself.  Collect
the unsafe list entries under the mutex, then replay them without
it.  The old-request tree walk uses xa_for_each() which is
internally locked.

Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <[email protected]>
---
 fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index ef54d19ace2a..6c5a8c651d3e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -4673,12 +4673,25 @@ static void replay_unsafe_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req, *nreq;
 	unsigned long idx;
+	LIST_HEAD(replay_list);
 
 	doutc(mdsc->fsc->client, "mds%d\n", session->s_mds);
 
+	/* collect unsafe requests under the mutex */
 	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, nreq, &session->s_unsafe, r_unsafe_item)
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, nreq, &session->s_unsafe,
+				 r_unsafe_item) {
+		ceph_mdsc_get_request(req);
+		list_move(&req->r_unsafe_item, &replay_list);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
+
+	/* replay unsafe requests — __send_request is lockless */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, nreq, &replay_list, r_unsafe_item) {
 		__send_request(session, req, true);
+		list_del_init(&req->r_unsafe_item);
+		ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * also re-send old requests when MDS enters reconnect stage. So that MDS
@@ -4699,7 +4712,6 @@ static void replay_unsafe_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 
 		__send_request(session, req, true);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
 }
 
 static int send_reconnect_partial(struct ceph_reconnect_state *recon_state)

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