In the event that there is an error connecting to a DS, we currently zero out the ds pointer and then try to dereference it to clear the NFS4DS_CONNECTING bit. Fix this by clearing the bit unconditionally before zeroing out the pointer. Cc: Andy Adamson <andros@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.10+ Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c index 95604f6..816cda8 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c @@ -819,11 +819,11 @@ nfs4_fl_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 ds_idx) int err; err = nfs4_ds_connect(s, ds); + nfs4_clear_ds_conn_bit(ds); if (err) { nfs4_mark_deviceid_unavailable(devid); ds = NULL; } - nfs4_clear_ds_conn_bit(ds); } else { /* Either ds is connected, or ds is NULL */ nfs4_wait_ds_connect(ds); -- 1.7.1 -- 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