Re: [PATCH 1/5] nfsd: Fix stateid races between OPEN and CLOSE

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Trond Myklebust <trondmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 2017-10-31 at 18:33 -0400, Andrew W Elble wrote:
>> Not directly related to this patch series, but:
>> 
>> I keep staring at the failure path in nfsd4_process_open2() from the
>> call to nfs4_get_vfs_file() and thinking that there's a missing state
>> change to the stateid that's still hashed before the mutex is dropped
>> and the call to release_open_stateid()?
>> 
>
> If the seqid==1, so that we know this OPEN op created that stateid,
> then it probably should be unhashed and marked as closed, since then we
> know it represents no state. Otherwise, AFAICS it should keep its
> current state + seqid.
>
> Do you want to send a patch, or should I update this patch series? Such
> a fix probably does want to be a stable patch, since it will affect
> clients that expect compliance with RFC5661/RFC7530.

Please feel free to go ahead and update this series.

Thanks,

Andy

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