linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/11] SUNRPC: fix race in in-kernel RPC portmapper client

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Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:04:32 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH 10/11] SUNRPC: fix race in in-kernel RPC portmapper client

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>

When submitting a request to a fast portmapper (such as the local rpcbind
daemon), the request can complete before the parent task is even queued up
on xprt->binding.  Fix this by queuing before submitting the rpcbind
request.

Test plan:
Connectathon locking test with UDP.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
---

 net/sunrpc/pmap_clnt.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/pmap_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/pmap_clnt.c
index 919d5ba..e52afab 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/pmap_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/pmap_clnt.c
@@ -101,11 +101,13 @@ void rpc_getport(struct rpc_task *task)
 	/* Autobind on cloned rpc clients is discouraged */
 	BUG_ON(clnt->cl_parent != clnt);
 
-	if (xprt_test_and_set_binding(xprt)) {
-		task->tk_status = -EACCES;	/* tell caller to check again */
-		rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->binding, task, NULL, NULL);
-		return;
-	}
+	/* Put self on queue before sending rpcbind request, in case
+	 * pmap_getport_done completes before we return from rpc_run_task */
+	rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->binding, task, NULL, NULL);
+
+	status = -EACCES;		/* tell caller to check again */
+	if (xprt_test_and_set_binding(xprt))
+		goto bailout_nofree;
 
 	/* Someone else may have bound if we slept */
 	status = 0;
@@ -134,8 +136,6 @@ void rpc_getport(struct rpc_task *task)
 		goto bailout;
 	rpc_release_task(child);
 
-	rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->binding, task, NULL, NULL);
-
 	task->tk_xprt->stat.bind_count++;
 	return;
 
-
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