linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.14 92/96] NFSv4: Dont call put_rpccred() under the rcu_read

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:10:03 +0100
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.14 92/96] NFSv4: Dont call put_rpccred() under the rcu_read_lock()

3.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>

commit 7c0af9ffb7bb4e5355470fa60b3eb711ddf226fa upstream.

put_rpccred() can sleep.

Fixes: 8f649c3762547 ("NFSv4: Fix the locking in nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation()")
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/nfs/delegation.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ void nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation(struct
 				  &delegation->flags);
 			NFS_I(inode)->delegation_state = delegation->type;
 			spin_unlock(&delegation->lock);
-			put_rpccred(oldcred);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
+			put_rpccred(oldcred);
 			trace_nfs4_reclaim_delegation(inode, res->delegation_type);
 		} else {
 			/* We appear to have raced with a delegation return. */


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