linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nfsd: validate the nfsd_serv pointer before calling svc_wake

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Message-ID: <173791786468.1538.15975986746668996936.b4-ty@oracle.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:58:02 -0500
From: cel@...nel.org
To: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@...hat.com>,
	Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@...cle.com>,
	Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
	Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfsd: validate the nfsd_serv pointer before calling svc_wake_up

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>

On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:13:18 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed can be called from the filecache
> laundrette, which is shut down after the nfsd threads are shut down and
> the nfsd_serv pointer is cleared. If nn->nfsd_serv is NULL then there
> are no threads to wake.
> 
> Ensure that the nn->nfsd_serv pointer is non-NULL before calling
> svc_wake_up in nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed. This is safe since the
> svc_serv is not freed until after the filecache laundrette is cancelled.
> 
> [...]

Applied to nfsd-testing, thanks!

[1/1] nfsd: validate the nfsd_serv pointer before calling svc_wake_up
      commit: a71d376104bd893a3fc349c5ffeb23a66ec78bcc

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Chuck Lever