On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 15:30 +0400, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote: > On 23.05.2012 00:32, Myklebust, Trond wrote: > > On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 12:43 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote: > >> On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 20:18 +0400, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote: > >>> We have another problem here. > >>> nfs4_init_client() will try to create pipe dentries prior to set of NFS_CS_READY > >>> to the client. And dentries will be created since semaphore is dropped and > >>> per-net superblock variable is initialized already. > >>> But __rpc_pipefs_event() relays on the fact, that no dentries present. > >>> Looks like the problem was introduced by me in aad9487c... > >>> So maybe we should not call "continue" instead "__rpc_pipefs_event()", when > >>> client becomes ready? > >>> Looks like this will allow us to handle such races. > >> > >> Let me rework this patch a bit... > > > > The following is ugly, but it should be demonstrably correct, and will > > ensure that __rpc_pipefs_event() will only be called for fully > > initialised nfs_clients... > > > > 8<--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From 90c3b9fe9faeae32c8f629e8b6cbf5f50bb9b295 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Trond Myklebust<Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 16:22:50 -0400 > > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] NFSv4: Fix a race in the net namespace mount > > notification > > > > Since the struct nfs_client gets added to the global nfs_client_list > > before it is initialised, it is possible that rpc_pipefs_event can > > end up trying to create idmapper entries on such a thing. > > > > The solution is to have the mount notification wait for the > > initialisation of each nfs_client to complete, and then to > > skip any entries for which the it failed. > > > > Reported-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky<skinsbursky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust<Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > fs/nfs/client.c | 10 ++++++++++ > > fs/nfs/idmap.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ > > fs/nfs/internal.h | 1 + > > 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c > > index 60f7e4e..d3c8553 100644 > > --- a/fs/nfs/client.c > > +++ b/fs/nfs/client.c > > @@ -583,6 +583,16 @@ found_client: > > return clp; > > } > > > > +static bool nfs_client_ready(const struct nfs_client *clp) > > +{ > > + return clp->cl_cons_state<= NFS_CS_READY; > > +} > > + > > +int nfs_wait_client_ready(const struct nfs_client *clp) > > +{ > > + return wait_event_killable(nfs_client_active_wq, nfs_client_ready(clp)); > > +} > > + > > /* > > * Mark a server as ready or failed > > */ > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c > > index 3e8edbe..c0753c5 100644 > > --- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c > > +++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c > > @@ -530,9 +530,24 @@ static struct nfs_client *nfs_get_client_for_event(struct net *net, int event) > > struct nfs_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfs_net_id); > > struct dentry *cl_dentry; > > struct nfs_client *clp; > > + int err; > > > > +restart: > > spin_lock(&nn->nfs_client_lock); > > list_for_each_entry(clp,&nn->nfs_client_list, cl_share_link) { > > + /* Wait for initialisation to finish */ > > + if (clp->cl_cons_state> NFS_CS_READY) { > > + atomic_inc(&clp->cl_count); > > + spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock); > > + err = nfs_wait_client_ready(clp); > > > What about NFSv4.1 ? > It's clients NFS_CS_READY status depends on session establishing RPC calls... > Which in turn can hung up pipefs mount call... The alternative then is to wait for cl_cons_state != NFS_CS_INITING. That shouldn't require any upcalls, and so shouldn't be able to deadlock. -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx www.netapp.com ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{��w���jg��������ݢj����G�������j:+v���w�m������w�������h�����٥