linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nlm_shutdown_hosts

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:58:47 +0300
From:   Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
To:     "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:     linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nlm_shutdown_hosts_net() cleanup

On 2017-10-30 17:49, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 04:47:58PM +0300, Vasily Averin wrote:
>> nlm_complain_hosts() walk through nlm_server_hosts hlist that should be
>> protected by nlm_host_mutex.
> 
> I haven't looked at the NLM locking in ages.  Do we know who else might
> actually be accessing this list concurrently?

Thank you for the question, I'll investigate it.

>> Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/lockd/host.c | 3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/lockd/host.c b/fs/lockd/host.c
>> index d716c99..089c1d7 100644
>> --- a/fs/lockd/host.c
>> +++ b/fs/lockd/host.c
>> @@ -617,9 +617,8 @@ nlm_shutdown_hosts_net(struct net *net)
>>  
>>  	/* Then, perform a garbage collection pass */
>>  	nlm_gc_hosts(net);
>> -	mutex_unlock(&nlm_host_mutex);
>> -
>>  	nlm_complain_hosts(net);
>> +	mutex_unlock(&nlm_host_mutex);
>>  }
>>  
>>  /*
>> -- 
>> 2.7.4
>