Jon Kohler has uploaded this change for review. ( https://review.gerrithub.io/c/ffilz/nfs-ganesha/+/1176505?usp=email ) Change subject: use may_write == false in nfs4_State_Get_Pointer ...................................................................... use may_write == false in nfs4_State_Get_Pointer nfs4_State_Get_Pointer suffers from writer lock contention on the hashtable_getlatch() calls, as it uses may_write == true to procure the latch and subsequently increment the state_t refcount. This lock contention appears to get worse with the glibc libpthread implementation in el8 and higher; however, this contention points out an opportunity for optimization. nfs4_State_Get_Pointer is not mutating set or delete into the hashtable data structures but rather using that as a means to do an atomic increment on the state_t reference. Given that the state_t reference has its own thread safety design, switch the hashtable_getlatch() to may_write == false and modify hashtable_getlatch() to allow may_write && latch together. This allows getlatch to return with the read lock held, guaranteeing that no writers can come along and invalidate the state that was retrieved. Furthermore, all mutations (i.e. decrements) to state_t refcount are protected by the higher order calls to getlatch with may_write == true, which gaurantees that the follow on read and decrement of the refcount can be done in a thread safe manner. Change-Id: I47d59e2e31420d425eee0d5cdcbf65f8a8caa87e Change-Id: Ie36c71bcdcfab237536f6a6c94fcfe18d0af9d3d Signed-off-by: Jon Kohler <jon(a)nutanix.com&gt; --- M src/SAL/nfs4_state_id.c M src/hashtable/hashtable.c 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) git pull ssh://review.gerrithub.io:29418/ffilz/nfs-ganesha refs/changes/05/1176505/1 -- To view, visit https://review.gerrithub.io/c/ffilz/nfs-ganesha/+/1176505?usp=email To unsubscribe, or for help writing mail filters, visit https://review.gerrithub.io/settings?usp=email Gerrit-MessageType: newchange Gerrit-Project: ffilz/nfs-ganesha Gerrit-Branch: next Gerrit-Change-Id: Ie36c71bcdcfab237536f6a6c94fcfe18d0af9d3d Gerrit-Change-Number: 1176505 Gerrit-PatchSet: 1 Gerrit-Owner: Jon Kohler <jon(a)nutanix.com&gt;