On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:28:06AM -0200, Thiago Rafael Becker wrote: > +++ b/fs/nfsd/auth.c > @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ int nfsd_setuser(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp) > gi->gid[i] = exp->ex_anon_gid; > else > gi->gid[i] = rqgi->gid[i]; > + > + /* Should be race free as long as each thread allocates a new gi */ > + groups_sort(gi); > } Overlong line. Would recommend: /* Each thread has its own gi, so no race */ > +++ b/kernel/groups.c > @@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ static int gid_cmp(const void *_a, const void *_b) > return gid_gt(a, b) - gid_lt(a, b); > } > > -static void groups_sort(struct group_info *group_info) > +void groups_sort(struct group_info *group_info) > { > sort(group_info->gid, group_info->ngroups, sizeof(*group_info->gid), > gid_cmp, NULL); > } > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(groups_sort); > + > Spurious extra line > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c > index 740b67d..7154dab 100644 > --- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c > +++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c > @@ -520,6 +520,12 @@ static int unix_gid_parse(struct cache_detail *cd, > ug.gi->gid[i] = kgid; > } > > + /* Sort the groups before inserting this entry > + * into the cache to avoid future corrutpions > + * by multiple simultaneous attempts to sort this > + * entry. > + */ > + groups_sort(ug.gi); > ugp = unix_gid_lookup(cd, uid); > if (ugp) { > struct cache_head *ch; Why comment this call and not the other ones? I appreciate this is the call-site where you discovered the bug, but that's not going to make it special to someone who's reading this code in ten years time. I would leave this comment out entirely; it's just the new way we do things. I can't find anything else to critique; nice job.