The client may hold a layout post CLOSE essentially forever, requiring the server to remember that. However, since we keep track of the layout state by hanging it on the respective file and client structures, when the file goes away we lose track of the layout therefore we need to set return_on_close to true. Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfs4pnfsdlm.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4pnfsdlm.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4pnfsdlm.c index de1af22..093d836 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4pnfsdlm.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4pnfsdlm.c @@ -406,6 +406,8 @@ static enum nfsstat4 nfsd4_pnfs_dlm_layoutget(struct inode *inode, res->lg_seg.length = NFS4_MAX_UINT64; /* Always give out READ ONLY layouts */ res->lg_seg.iomode = IOMODE_READ; + /* Set return_on_close to true until we track layout state post CLOSE */ + res->lg_return_on_close = 1; layout = kzalloc(sizeof(*layout), GFP_KERNEL); if (layout == NULL) { -- 1.8.3.1 -- 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