On 2011-05-25 19:40, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > > In _pnfs_return_layout: > > lrp pointer is checked for NULL after it was already accessed. > > The rational here is that in _pnfs_return_layout we want to > de-ref and release the layout regardless of if we sent the > return or not (forgetfull). An eventual recall can return -ENOMATCHING > instead of -EDELAY. > > So to keep the reasoning above, copy the stateid twice. > > Benny if it is OK to not release the layout on -ENOMEM then the check > could just be moved above the spin_lock(), and the put_layout_hdr removed. > > Also the error returns would leak the lrp so fix it. > > Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/nfs/pnfs.c | 15 +++++++++------ > 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c > index a07b007..9b749f2 100644 > --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c > +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c > @@ -627,22 +627,20 @@ _pnfs_return_layout(struct inode *ino) > struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo = NULL; > struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(ino); > LIST_HEAD(tmp_list); > - struct nfs4_layoutreturn *lrp; > + struct nfs4_layoutreturn *lrp = NULL; > + nfs4_stateid stateid; > int status = 0; > > dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__); > > - lrp = kzalloc(sizeof(*lrp), GFP_KERNEL); > - > spin_lock(&ino->i_lock); > lo = nfsi->layout; > if (!lo || !mark_matching_lsegs_invalid(lo, &tmp_list, NULL)) { > spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock); > dprintk("%s: no layout segments to return\n", __func__); > - kfree(lrp); > goto out; > } > - lrp->args.stateid = nfsi->layout->plh_stateid; > + stateid = nfsi->layout->plh_stateid; > /* Reference matched in nfs4_layoutreturn_release */ > get_layout_hdr(lo); > spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock); > @@ -650,11 +648,14 @@ _pnfs_return_layout(struct inode *ino) > > WARN_ON(test_bit(NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT, &nfsi->flags)); > > - if (lrp == NULL) { I prefer to simply move this test up before the condition calling mark_matching_lsegs_invalid > + /* lrp is freed in nfs4_layoutreturn_release */ > + lrp = kzalloc(sizeof(*lrp), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (unlikely(!lrp)) { > put_layout_hdr(NFS_I(ino)->layout); > status = -ENOMEM; > goto out; > } > + lrp->args.stateid = stateid; > lrp->args.reclaim = 0; > lrp->args.layout_type = NFS_SERVER(ino)->pnfs_curr_ld->id; > lrp->args.inode = ino; > @@ -662,6 +663,8 @@ _pnfs_return_layout(struct inode *ino) > > status = nfs4_proc_layoutreturn(lrp); > out: > + if (unlikely(status)) > + kfree(lrp); I wonder where this leak you're seeing is coming from. rpc_release is supposed to be called even on task allocation error, see rpc_new_task. Benny > dprintk("<-- %s status: %d\n", __func__, status); > return status; > } -- 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