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    nfs: optimise readdir cache page invalidation · 227823d2
    Dai Ngo authored
    
    
    When the directory is large and it's being modified by one client
    while another client is doing the 'ls -l' on the same directory then
    the cache page invalidation from nfs_force_use_readdirplus causes
    the reading client to keep restarting READDIRPLUS from cookie 0
    which causes the 'ls -l' to take a very long time to complete,
    possibly never completing.
    
    Currently when nfs_force_use_readdirplus is called to switch from
    READDIR to READDIRPLUS, it invalidates all the cached pages of the
    directory. This cache page invalidation causes the next nfs_readdir
    to re-read the directory content from cookie 0.
    
    This patch is to optimise the cache invalidation in
    nfs_force_use_readdirplus by only truncating the cached pages from
    last page index accessed to the end the file. It also marks the
    inode to delay invalidating all the cached page of the directory
    until the next initial nfs_readdir of the next 'ls' instance.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDai Ngo <dai.ngo@oracle.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarTrond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
    [Anna - Fix conflicts with Trond's readdir patches]
    [Anna - Remove redundant call to nfs_zap_mapping()]
    [Anna - Replace d_inode(file_dentry(desc->file)) with file_inode(desc->file)]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAnna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
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