linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lockd: fix races in per-net NSM client handling

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Date:	Thu, 1 Nov 2012 06:14:57 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Paweł Sikora <pawel.sikora@...k.net>
Cc:	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>, skinsbursky@...allels.com,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	baggins@...-linux.org, arekm@...-linux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lockd: fix races in per-net NSM client handling

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 07:54:21AM +0100, Paweł Sikora wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 of October 2012 11:22:06 Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:05:51AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 06:27:36PM +0100, Paweł Sikora wrote:
> > > 
> > > >> the patch metioned in https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/24/175 seems to fix
> > > >> the 3.6.3 oops (while 3.6.2 works fine) at 16-cores opteron server.
> > > >> please queue this path for 3.6.$next.
> > > >
> > > > Is it in Linus's tree already?  If so, what is the git commit id?
> > > 
> > > One of
> > > 
> > >   a4ee8d978e47 LOCKD: fix races in nsm_client_get
> > >   e498daa81295 LOCKD: Clear ln->nsm_clnt only when ln->nsm_users is zero
> > > 
> > > both of which were included in v3.6.5.
> > 
> > Ok, Paweł, does 3.6.5 work properly for you?
> 
> ~12h uptime with full cpu/nfs load and all servers with 3.6.5 seem to work stable.

Wonderful, thanks for testing.

greg k-h
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