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From: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>,
	Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH rfc] NFSv4: Keep delegation post REMOVE in case server supports preserved-unliked
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:24:54 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260428082454.26045-1-sagi@grimberg.me> (raw)

If the server returns NFS4_OPEN_RESULT_PRESERVE_UNLINKED, it means that
the file handle is kept alive for as long as the file is opened (or its
delegation is held). Hence, we can skip re-opening the file and returning
the delegation in this case.

Signed-off-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
---
 fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 91bcf67bd743..129424eacf99 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -4921,10 +4921,17 @@ static int nfs4_proc_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	int err;
 
 	if (inode) {
-		if (inode->i_nlink == 1)
-			nfs4_inode_return_delegation(inode);
-		else
+		/*
+		 * nlink > 1 or server supports NFS_INO_PRESERVE_UNLINKED
+		 * the inode is not going away. we're promised to keep the
+		 * inode alive past REMOVE for as long as any client reference
+		 * remains. So we can keep the delegation around.
+		 */
+		if (inode->i_nlink > 1 ||
+		    test_bit(NFS_INO_PRESERVE_UNLINKED, &NFS_I(inode)->flags))
 			nfs4_inode_make_writeable(inode);
+		else
+			nfs4_inode_return_delegation(inode);
 	}
 	do {
 		err = _nfs4_proc_remove(dir, &dentry->d_name, NF4REG);
-- 
2.43.0


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