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Only pooled services take a reference to the svc_pool_map. The sunrpc code has always used the sv_nrpools value to detect whether the service is pooled. The problem there is that nfsd is a pooled service, but when it's running in "global" pool_mode, it doesn't take a reference to the pool map because it has a sv_nrpools value of 1. This means that we have two separate codepaths for starting the server, depending on whether it's pooled or not. Fix this by adding a new flag to the svc_serv, that indicates whether the serv is pooled. With this we can have the nfsd service unconditionally take a reference, regardless of pool_mode. Note that this is a behavior change for /sys/module/sunrpc/parameters/pool_mode. Usually this file does not allow you to change the pool-mode while there are nfsd threads running, but if the pool-mode is "global" it's allowed. My assumption is that this is a bug, since it probably should never have worked this way. This patch changes the behavior such that you get back EBUSY even when nfsd is running in global mode. I think this is more reasonable behavior, and given that most people set this today using the module parameter, it's doubtful anyone will notice. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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