From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> fi_delegees is basically just a reference count on users of fi_deleg_file, which is cleared when fi_delegees goes to zero. The fi_deleg_file check here is redundant. Also add an assertion to make sure we don't have unbalanced puts. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c index 1bdfefe2e6ec..1a0b38fddde4 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c @@ -849,9 +849,12 @@ static void nfs4_put_deleg_lease(struct nfs4_file *fp) { struct file *filp = NULL; + WARN_ON_ONCE(!fp->fi_delegees); + spin_lock(&fp->fi_lock); - if (fp->fi_deleg_file && --fp->fi_delegees == 0) + if (--fp->fi_delegees == 0) { swap(filp, fp->fi_deleg_file); + } spin_unlock(&fp->fi_lock); if (filp) { -- 2.14.3