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Message-ID: <20220912101508.GA5500@lxhi-065>
Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:15:08 +0200
From:   Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@...adit-jv.com>
To:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@...adit-jv.com>,
        Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>,
        "neilb@...e.de" <neilb@...e.de>,
        "mrodin@...adit-jv.com" <mrodin@...adit-jv.com>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "roscaeugeniu@...il.com" <roscaeugeniu@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 022/284] SUNRPC: avoid race between mod_timer() and
 del_timer_sync()

Hello Greg,

On So, Sep 11, 2022 at 07:41:02 +0200, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 02:09:31PM +0200, Eugeniu Rosca wrote:

[..]

> > Your proposal [*] seems to resolve the issue for me.
> > 
> > Any chance to get a stable patch, to which I will gladly provide
> > the Reviewed-by/Tested-by signatures?
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > NeilBrown
> > > > 
> > 
> > [*] diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
> > index e7d55d63d4f1..7f9b94acf597 100644
> > --- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
> > +++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
> > @@ -1525,9 +1525,9 @@ static void xprt_destroy(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
> >  	 * is cleared.  We use ->transport_lock to ensure the mod_timer()
> >  	 * can only run *before* del_time_sync(), never after.
> >  	 */
> > -	spin_lock(&xprt->transport_lock);
> > +	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
> >  	del_timer_sync(&xprt->timer);
> > -	spin_unlock(&xprt->transport_lock);
> > +	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Destroy sockets etc from the system workqueue so they can
> > 
> 
> Can you just turn this into a proper patch that we can apply to the
> needed stable tree(s)?

It has been kindly provided by Neil Brown in
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/166293725263.30452.1720462103844620549@noble.neil.brown.name/

Best Regards,
Eugeniu Rosca

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