linux-kernel - [PATCH] NFS: get module in idmap PipeFS notifier callback

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Message-ID: <20120428153210.3459.12837.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:32:21 +0400
From:	Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@...allels.com>
To:	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com
Cc:	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...nvz.org
Subject: [PATCH] NFS: get module in idmap PipeFS notifier callback

This is bug fix.
Notifier callback is called from SUNRPC module. So before dereferencing NFS
module we have to make sure, that it's alive.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@...allels.com>
---
 fs/nfs/idmap.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
index c9c3e1b..f55b80a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
@@ -557,12 +557,16 @@ static int rpc_pipefs_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
 	struct nfs_client *clp;
 	int error = 0;
 
+	if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
+		return 0;
+
 	while ((clp = nfs_get_client_for_event(sb->s_fs_info, event))) {
 		error = __rpc_pipefs_event(clp, event, sb);
 		nfs_put_client(clp);
 		if (error)
 			break;
 	}
+	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return error;
 }
 

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