NFSv4: Allow entries in the idmap cache to expire

 If someone changes the uid/gid mapping in userland, then we do eventually
 want those changes to be propagated to the kernel. Currently the kernel
 assumes that it may cache entries forever.

 Add an expiration time + garbage collector for idmap entries.

 Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/sysctl.c b/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
index fdc64b5..4c486eb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/nfs4.h>
+#include <linux/nfs_idmap.h>
 
 #include "callback.h"
 
@@ -35,6 +36,15 @@ static ctl_table nfs_cb_sysctls[] = {
 		.extra1 = (int *)&nfs_set_port_min,
 		.extra2 = (int *)&nfs_set_port_max,
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname = "idmap_cache_timeout",
+		.data = &nfs_idmap_cache_timeout,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_jiffies,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_jiffies,
+	},
 #endif
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };