On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 02:09:02PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:59:30 -0500
> Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:52:32 -0500
> > "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:34:51AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > > > nfsd4_lockt does a search for a lockstateowner when building the lock
> > > > struct to test. If one is found, it'll set fl_owner to it. Regardless of
> > > > whether that happens, it'll also set fl_lmops.
> > > >
> > > > If a lockstateowner is not found, then we'll have fl_owner set to NULL
> > > > and fl_lmops set pointing to nfsd_posix_mng_ops. Other parts of the
> > > > NFSv4 server code assume that fl_owner will point to a valid
> > > > nfs4_stateowner if fl_lmops is set this way.
> > > >
> > > > This behavior exposed a bug in DLM's GETLK implementation where it
> > > > wasn't clearing out the fields in the file_lock before filling in
> > > > conflicting lock info. While we were able to fix this in DLM, it
> > > > still seems pointless and dangerous to set the fl_lmops this way
> > > > when we have a NULL lockstateowner.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 6 ++++--
> > > > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> > > > index 88db7d3..07d196a 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
> > > > @@ -2867,11 +2867,13 @@ nfsd4_lockt(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
> > > >
> > > > lockt->lt_stateowner = find_lockstateowner_str(inode,
> > > > &lockt->lt_clientid, &lockt->lt_owner);
> > > > - if (lockt->lt_stateowner)
> > > > + if (lockt->lt_stateowner) {
> > > > file_lock.fl_owner = (fl_owner_t)lockt->lt_stateowner;
> > > > + file_lock.fl_lmops = &nfsd_posix_mng_ops;
> > >
> > > So I think we just shouldn't need this second assignment at all.
> > >
> > > --b.
> > >
> >
> > Do we even need to worry about the lockstateowner at all then? If
> > fl_lmops isn't set then I think the fl_owner will be basically ignored
> > by nfs4_set_lock_denied anyway.
> >
>
> Ahh, nm. I think we do need to set fl_owner so that posix_same_owner
> does the right thing. I'll just get rid of the fl_lmops setting and I
> think that'll be done.
Right, but that does mean set_lock_denied is never going to see fl_lmops
set and hence isn't really going to use the returned fl_owner. Which I
can live with.
--b.
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