There is nothing happening in the start of nfsd() that requires protection by the mutex, so don't take it until shutting down the thread - which does still require protection - but only for nfsd_put(). Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c index e9c9fa820b17..097abd8b059c 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c @@ -932,9 +932,6 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp) struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id); int err; - /* Lock module and set up kernel thread */ - mutex_lock(&nfsd_mutex); - /* At this point, the thread shares current->fs * with the init process. We need to create files with the * umask as defined by the client instead of init's umask. */ @@ -954,7 +951,6 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp) allow_signal(SIGINT); allow_signal(SIGQUIT); - mutex_unlock(&nfsd_mutex); atomic_inc(&nfsdstats.th_cnt); set_freezable(); @@ -983,7 +979,6 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp) flush_signals(current); atomic_dec(&nfsdstats.th_cnt); - mutex_lock(&nfsd_mutex); out: /* Take an extra ref so that the svc_put in svc_exit_thread() @@ -995,10 +990,11 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp) svc_exit_thread(rqstp); /* Now if needed we call svc_destroy in appropriate context */ + mutex_lock(&nfsd_mutex); nfsd_put(net); + mutex_unlock(&nfsd_mutex); /* Release module */ - mutex_unlock(&nfsd_mutex); module_put_and_exit(0); return 0; }
