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    NFSD: Convert filecache to rhltable · c4c649ab
    Chuck Lever authored
    While we were converting the nfs4_file hashtable to use the kernel's
    resizable hashtable data structure, Neil Brown observed that the
    list variant (rhltable) would be better for managing nfsd_file items
    as well. The nfsd_file hash table will contain multiple entries for
    the same inode -- these should be kept together on a list. And, it
    could be possible for exotic or malicious client behavior to cause
    the hash table to resize itself on every insertion.
    
    A nice simplification is that rhltable_lookup() can return a list
    that contains only nfsd_file items that match a given inode, which
    enables us to eliminate specialized hash table helper functions and
    use the default functions provided by the rhashtable implementation).
    
    Since we are now storing nfsd_file items for the same inode on a
    single list, that effectively reduces the number of hash entries
    that have to be tracked in the hash table. The mininum bucket count
    is therefore lowered.
    
    Light testing with fstests generic/531 show no regressions.
    Suggested-by: default avatarNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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