linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Intro: convert lockd to kthread and fix use-after-free (try #7)

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Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:37:24 +1100
From:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Intro: convert lockd to kthread and fix use-after-free (try #7)

On Thursday January 10, jlayton@...hat.com wrote:
> This is the seventh patchset to fix the use-after-free problem in lockd
 ....

This patch set looks good now.  I'm happy to give it a 

  Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>

Two remaining issues that I would like to see address, but don't
necessarily need to be part of this set, are:

 1/ When the last nfsd thread dies, lockd should drop all locks, even
    if there are active nfs mounts.
    One approach might be:
      export nlmsvc_invalidate_all
      call it from nfsd_last_thread
      worry about how to change grace_period_expire.

 2/ get rid of svc_wake_up and ->b_daemon
    Maybe change b_daemon to b_rqstp and just call
	wake_up(&block->b_rqstp->rq_wait)

Thanks,
NeilBrown

      
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