nfsd: Don't reset the write verifier on a commit EAGAIN
If fsync() is returning EAGAIN, then we can assume that the filesystem being exported is something like NFS with the 'softerr' mount option enabled, and that it is just asking us to replay the fsync() operation at a later date. If we see an ESTALE, then ditto: the file is gone, so there is no danger of losing the error. For those cases, do not reset the write verifier. A write verifier change has a global effect, causing retransmission by all clients of all uncommitted unstable writes for all files, so it is worth mitigating where possible. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/20230911184357.11739-1-trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com/ Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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