The cl_machine_cred doesn't need to be reference counted here - a reference is held is for the lifetime of the struct nfs_client. Also, no need to put_rpccred the rpc_message.rpc_cred. Signed-off-by: Weston Andros Adamson <dros@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h index f520a11..07a8aa9 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h @@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ _nfs4_state_protect(struct nfs_client *clp, unsigned long sp4_mode, if (test_bit(sp4_mode, &clp->cl_sp4_flags)) { spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock); if (clp->cl_machine_cred != NULL) - newcred = get_rpccred(clp->cl_machine_cred); + /* don't call get_rpccred on the machine cred - + * a reference will be held for life of clp */ + newcred = clp->cl_machine_cred; spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock); - if (msg->rpc_cred) - put_rpccred(msg->rpc_cred); msg->rpc_cred = newcred; flavor = clp->cl_rpcclient->cl_auth->au_flavor; -- 1.7.12.4 (Apple Git-37) -- 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