>>>> I still don't see why this should be necessary. In the case of a server >>>> reboot or network partition, the state recovery thread ought to be >>>> taking care of this for us. >>>> >>> A open state can be found at nfsi->open_states and owner->so_states always, but >>> it not be found at nfsi->open_files until we call nfs4_intent_set_file. >>> >>> At _nfs4_do_open, we will invoke nfs4_return_incompatible_delegation to return a >>> delegation, a open stateid which set NFS_DELEGATED_STATE bit may not be found at >>> nfsi->open_files, but it still at nfsi->open_states, so we do not clear >>> NFS_DELEGATED_STATE bit for it. >>> >>> Then _nfs4_do_open will find it by nfs4_get_open_state, and we still use it >>> as a delegation, some error will occur. >>> >> OK. I see agree that is a race, but AFAICS, your fix means that we end >> up with an nfs_state structure that has cleared NFS_DELEGATED_STATE, but >> that did not recover its open stateid. >> > > Hi trond, i am not sure my opinion is right. > > If the state not at nfsi->open_states, i think maybe that means it's not a open stateid, > it just a old state we want reuse it. After we update it, it become a open stateid. > Hi trond, have you got a idea to solve this race? -- Regards Bian Naimeng -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html