Hi, Trond, Any comments on this patch? I still get kernel crash when pnfs write is attempted but fails and calls pnfs_ld_write_done(). It seems object layout uses the same code path as well. But I don't find the patch in either your tree or Benny's tree. Are there any concerns? Thanks, Tao > -----Original Message----- > From: Benny Halevy [mailto:bhalevy@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:10 PM > To: Peng Tao > Cc: Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Peng, Tao > Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFS41: Drop lseg ref before fallthru to MDS > > On 2011-07-04 04:30, Peng Tao wrote: > > There is no need to keep lseg reference when read/write through MDS. > > This fixes a null pointer crash at nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc > > because nfs4_proc_write_setup will unset wdata->res.fattr if wdata->lseg > > is not NULL. > > > > Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <peng_tao@xxxxxxx> > > Looks good to me. > > Benny > > > --- > > fs/nfs/pnfs.c | 6 ++++++ > > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c > > index 30a0394..55fdf02 100644 > > --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c > > +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c > > @@ -1193,6 +1193,9 @@ pnfs_ld_write_done(struct nfs_write_data *data) > > > > dprintk("%s: pnfs_error=%d, retry via MDS\n", __func__, > > data->pnfs_error); > > + > > + put_lseg(data->lseg); > > + data->lseg = NULL; > > status = nfs_initiate_write(data, NFS_CLIENT(data->inode), > > data->mds_ops, NFS_FILE_SYNC); > > return status ? : -EAGAIN; > > @@ -1240,6 +1243,9 @@ pnfs_ld_read_done(struct nfs_read_data *data) > > > > dprintk("%s: pnfs_error=%d, retry via MDS\n", __func__, > > data->pnfs_error); > > + > > + put_lseg(data->lseg); > > + data->lseg = NULL; > > status = nfs_initiate_read(data, NFS_CLIENT(data->inode), > > data->mds_ops); > > return status ? : -EAGAIN; -- 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