SUNRPC: convert some sysctls into module parameters
authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:06:19 +0000 (15:06 -0400)
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:06:19 +0000 (15:06 -0400)
Parameters like the minimum reserved port, and the number of slot entries
should really be module parameters rather than sysctls.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c

index dd1a6d4bb7473c4966a720c40e8af0492f9853c5..2f1820683b69efcb44081943ba8cc857b1619b9f 100644 (file)
@@ -2391,6 +2391,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        stifb=          [HW]
                        Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
 
+       sunrpc.min_resvport=
+       sunrpc.max_resvport=
+                       [NFS,SUNRPC]
+                       SunRPC servers often require that client requests
+                       originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
+                       range 0 < portnr < 1024).
+                       An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
+                       ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
+                       kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
+                       using these two parameters to set the minimum and
+                       maximum port values.
+
        sunrpc.pool_mode=
                        [NFS]
                        Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
@@ -2407,6 +2419,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        pernode     one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
                                    to global on non-NUMA machines)
 
+       sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
+       sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
+                       [NFS,SUNRPC]
+                       Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
+                       RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
+                       server. Increasing these values may allow you to
+                       improve throughput, but will also increase the
+                       amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
+
        swiotlb=        [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
 
        switches=       [HW,M68k]
index 83c73c4d017ad9ec91b4f1895344749c51b9839b..585a864c1c4c2a348ce0c204d0cf761d66e72a6b 100644 (file)
@@ -2412,3 +2412,55 @@ void cleanup_socket_xprt(void)
        xprt_unregister_transport(&xs_udp_transport);
        xprt_unregister_transport(&xs_tcp_transport);
 }
+
+static int param_set_uint_minmax(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp,
+               unsigned int min, unsigned int max)
+{
+       unsigned long num;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!val)
+               return -EINVAL;
+       ret = strict_strtoul(val, 0, &num);
+       if (ret == -EINVAL || num < min || num > max)
+               return -EINVAL;
+       *((unsigned int *)kp->arg) = num;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int param_set_portnr(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+       return param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp,
+                       RPC_MIN_RESVPORT,
+                       RPC_MAX_RESVPORT);
+}
+
+static int param_get_portnr(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+       return param_get_uint(buffer, kp);
+}
+#define param_check_portnr(name, p) \
+       __param_check(name, p, unsigned int);
+
+module_param_named(min_resvport, xprt_min_resvport, portnr, 0644);
+module_param_named(max_resvport, xprt_max_resvport, portnr, 0644);
+
+static int param_set_slot_table_size(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+       return param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp,
+                       RPC_MIN_SLOT_TABLE,
+                       RPC_MAX_SLOT_TABLE);
+}
+
+static int param_get_slot_table_size(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+       return param_get_uint(buffer, kp);
+}
+#define param_check_slot_table_size(name, p) \
+       __param_check(name, p, unsigned int);
+
+module_param_named(tcp_slot_table_entries, xprt_tcp_slot_table_entries,
+                  slot_table_size, 0644);
+module_param_named(udp_slot_table_entries, xprt_udp_slot_table_entries,
+                  slot_table_size, 0644);
+
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