NFS: Cache aggressively when file is open for writing

Unless the user is using file locking, we must assume close-to-open
cache consistency when the file is open for writing. Adjust the
caching algorithm so that it does not clear the cache on out-of-order
writes and/or attribute revalidations.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 717a8d6af52d..2d39d9f9da7d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -780,11 +780,6 @@ do_unlk(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl, int is_local)
 }
 
 static int
-is_time_granular(struct timespec *ts) {
-	return ((ts->tv_sec == 0) && (ts->tv_nsec <= 1000));
-}
-
-static int
 do_setlk(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl, int is_local)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
@@ -817,12 +812,8 @@ do_setlk(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl, int is_local)
 	 * This makes locking act as a cache coherency point.
 	 */
 	nfs_sync_mapping(filp->f_mapping);
-	if (!NFS_PROTO(inode)->have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ)) {
-		if (is_time_granular(&NFS_SERVER(inode)->time_delta))
-			__nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
-		else
-			nfs_zap_caches(inode);
-	}
+	if (!NFS_PROTO(inode)->have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ))
+		nfs_zap_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping);
 out:
 	return status;
 }