linux-kernel - [PATCH] nfs: fix bdi_unregister() before sb kill

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:42:33 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, trond.myklebust@....uio.no
Subject: [PATCH] nfs: fix bdi_unregister() before sb kill

Hi,

This can cause a hang on NFS umount, since the bdi gets pruned before we
flush any pending dirty IO. Peter, can you check whether it fixes your
issue?

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>

diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index de93569..f1cc058 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -2190,8 +2190,8 @@ static void nfs_kill_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SB(s);
 
-	bdi_unregister(&server->backing_dev_info);
 	kill_anon_super(s);
+	bdi_unregister(&server->backing_dev_info);
 	nfs_fscache_release_super_cookie(s);
 	nfs_free_server(server);
 }

-- 
Jens Axboe

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