Hi Chuck, On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 3:42 PM Chuck Lever <cel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> > > I'm about to add a use case that does not want RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS. > Refactor rpc_call_null_helper() so that callers provide NULLCREDS > when they need it. > > Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/sunrpc/clnt.c | 16 +++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c > index 4cdb539b5854..2dca0ae489ec 100644 > --- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c > +++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c > @@ -2811,8 +2811,7 @@ struct rpc_task *rpc_call_null_helper(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, > .rpc_op_cred = cred, > .callback_ops = ops ?: &rpc_null_ops, > .callback_data = data, > - .flags = flags | RPC_TASK_SOFT | RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN | > - RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS, > + .flags = flags | RPC_TASK_SOFT | RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN, > }; > > return rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data); > @@ -2820,7 +2819,8 @@ struct rpc_task *rpc_call_null_helper(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, > > struct rpc_task *rpc_call_null(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct rpc_cred *cred, int flags) > { > - return rpc_call_null_helper(clnt, NULL, cred, flags, NULL, NULL); > + return rpc_call_null_helper(clnt, NULL, cred, flags | RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS, > + NULL, NULL); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_call_null); I think you missed updating rpc_ping() right below this function as well, I'm unable to mount without the flag. Although I do wonder if it would be easier to slightly rename rpc_call_null_helper(), and then create a new rpc_call_null_helper() that appends the RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS flag. Then we don't need to touch current callers, and your new use case could call the renamed function. What do you think? Anna > > @@ -2920,12 +2920,13 @@ int rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, > goto success; > } > > - task = rpc_call_null_helper(clnt, xprt, NULL, RPC_TASK_ASYNC, > - &rpc_cb_add_xprt_call_ops, data); > + task = rpc_call_null_helper(clnt, xprt, NULL, > + RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS, > + &rpc_cb_add_xprt_call_ops, data); > if (IS_ERR(task)) > return PTR_ERR(task); > - > data->xps->xps_nunique_destaddr_xprts++; > + > rpc_put_task(task); > success: > return 1; > @@ -2940,7 +2941,8 @@ static int rpc_clnt_add_xprt_helper(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, > int status = -EADDRINUSE; > > /* Test the connection */ > - task = rpc_call_null_helper(clnt, xprt, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL); > + task = rpc_call_null_helper(clnt, xprt, NULL, RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS, > + NULL, NULL); > if (IS_ERR(task)) > return PTR_ERR(task); > > >