pnfs: add a new mechanism to select a layout driver according to an ordered list

Currently, the layout driver selection code always chooses the first one
from the list. That's not really ideal however, as the server can send
the list of layout types in any order that it likes. It's up to the
client to select the best one for its needs.

This patch adds an ordered list of preferred driver types and has the
selection code sort the list of available layout drivers according to it.
Any unrecognized layout type is sorted to the end of the list.

For now, the order of preference is hardcoded, but it should be possible
to make this configurable in the future.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index a6a683fbd230..b588ccf05045 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_page.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sort.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "pnfs.h"
 #include "iostat.h"
@@ -99,6 +100,39 @@ unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *nfss)
 }
 
 /*
+ * When the server sends a list of layout types, we choose one in the order
+ * given in the list below.
+ *
+ * FIXME: should this list be configurable in some fashion? module param?
+ * 	  mount option? something else?
+ */
+static const u32 ld_prefs[] = {
+	LAYOUT_SCSI,
+	LAYOUT_BLOCK_VOLUME,
+	LAYOUT_OSD2_OBJECTS,
+	LAYOUT_FLEX_FILES,
+	LAYOUT_NFSV4_1_FILES,
+	0
+};
+
+static int
+ld_cmp(const void *e1, const void *e2)
+{
+	u32 ld1 = *((u32 *)e1);
+	u32 ld2 = *((u32 *)e2);
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; ld_prefs[i] != 0; i++) {
+		if (ld1 == ld_prefs[i])
+			return -1;
+
+		if (ld2 == ld_prefs[i])
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Try to set the server's pnfs module to the pnfs layout type specified by id.
  * Currently only one pNFS layout driver per filesystem is supported.
  *
@@ -106,10 +140,11 @@ unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *nfss)
  */
 void
 set_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *server, const struct nfs_fh *mntfh,
-		      u32 *ids)
+		      struct nfs_fsinfo *fsinfo)
 {
 	struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld_type = NULL;
 	u32 id;
+	int i;
 
 	if (!(server->nfs_client->cl_exchange_flags &
 		 (EXCHGID4_FLAG_USE_NON_PNFS | EXCHGID4_FLAG_USE_PNFS_MDS))) {
@@ -118,18 +153,23 @@ set_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *server, const struct nfs_fh *mntfh,
 		goto out_no_driver;
 	}
 
-	id = ids[0];
-	if (!id)
-		goto out_no_driver;
+	sort(fsinfo->layouttype, fsinfo->nlayouttypes,
+		sizeof(*fsinfo->layouttype), ld_cmp, NULL);
 
-	ld_type = find_pnfs_driver(id);
-	if (!ld_type) {
-		request_module("%s-%u", LAYOUT_NFSV4_1_MODULE_PREFIX, id);
+	for (i = 0; i < fsinfo->nlayouttypes; i++) {
+		id = fsinfo->layouttype[i];
 		ld_type = find_pnfs_driver(id);
+		if (!ld_type) {
+			request_module("%s-%u", LAYOUT_NFSV4_1_MODULE_PREFIX,
+					id);
+			ld_type = find_pnfs_driver(id);
+		}
+		if (ld_type)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	if (!ld_type) {
-		dprintk("%s: No pNFS module found for %u.\n", __func__, id);
+		dprintk("%s: No pNFS module found!\n", __func__);
 		goto out_no_driver;
 	}