linux-kernel - Re: RCU-isms in fs/nfs/delegation.c

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Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:29:06 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RCU-isms in fs/nfs/delegation.c

On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 09:48 +0100, David Howells wrote: 
> Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> wrote:
> 
> > +		nfs_inode_set_delegation(inode, cred, res);
> > +	}
> > +out:
> > +	rcu_read_unlock();
> >  }
> 
> I think this is wrong.  nfs_inode_set_delegation() may sleep as it calls
> kmalloc() with GFP_KERNEL - but you still have the RCU read lock held.  I
> think you need to drop the RCU read lock before calling it.
> 
> David

Agreed. Thanks for the review...

Cheers
  Trond
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