xprt_alloc_bc_request() cannot call xprt_free_bc_request() without deadlocking, since it already holds the xprt->bc_pa_lock. Reported-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 0d2a970d0ae55 ("SUNRPC: Fix a backchannel race") Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c b/net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c index 9825ff0f91d6..5a3b50aec397 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c @@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ static struct rpc_rqst *xprt_alloc_bc_request(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, __be32 xid) req = xprt_alloc_bc_req(xprt, GFP_ATOMIC); if (!req) goto not_found; - /* Note: this 'free' request adds it to xprt->bc_pa_list */ - xprt_free_bc_request(req); + list_add_tail(&req->rq_bc_pa_list, &xprt->bc_pa_list); + xprt->bc_alloc_count++; } req = list_first_entry(&xprt->bc_pa_list, struct rpc_rqst, rq_bc_pa_list); -- 2.4.3 -- 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