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Message-ID: <470A8C7D.70303@tiscali.nl>
Date:	Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:01:01 +0200
From:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 08/12] NLM: Fix a circular lock dependency in lockd

Greg KH wrote:

@@ -477,10 +479,15 @@ nlmsvc_testlock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, 
 
 	if (block == NULL) {
 		struct file_lock *conf = kzalloc(sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL);
+		struct nlm_host	*host;
 
 		if (conf == NULL)
 			return nlm_granted;
-		block = nlmsvc_create_block(rqstp, file, lock, cookie);
+		/* Create host handle for callback */
+		host = nlmsvc_lookup_host(rqstp, lock->caller, lock->len);
+		if (host == NULL)
+			return nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;
+		block = nlmsvc_create_block(rqstp, host, file, lock, cookie);
 		if (block == NULL) {
 			kfree(conf);
 			return nlm_granted;

To be frankly I don't know what this is about, but shouldn't conf be freed if host == NULL?
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