Hi - Anna has identified a window during a handshake where a socket close will trigger a crash. This could be a common scenario for a rejected handshake. <idle>-0 [003] 5405.466661: rpc_socket_state_change: socket:[59266] srcaddr=192.168.122.166:833 dstaddr=192.168.122.100:2049 state=2 (CONNECTING) sk_state=8 (CLOSE_WAIT) <idle>-0 [003] 5405.466665: xs_data_ready: peer=[192.168.122.100]:2049 <idle>-0 [003] 5405.466668: rpc_socket_state_change: socket:[59266] srcaddr=192.168.122.166:833 dstaddr=192.168.122.100:2049 state=2 (CONNECTING) sk_state=7 (CLOSE) <idle>-0 [003] 5405.466669: rpc_socket_error: error=-32 socket:[59266] srcaddr=192.168.122.166:833 dstaddr=192.168.122.100:2049 state=2 (CONNECTING) sk_state=7 (CLOSE) kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466786: xprt_disconnect_force: peer=[192.168.122.100]:2049 state=BOUND tlshd-6005 [002] 5405.466786: handshake_cmd_done: req=0xffff9e8a43c7d000 sk=0xffff9e8a42e2f1c0 fd=6 tlshd-6005 [002] 5405.466786: handshake_complete: req=0xffff9e8a43c7d000 sk=0xffff9e8a42e2f1c0 status=13 kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466789: xprt_disconnect_auto: peer=[192.168.122.100]:2049 state=LOCKED|CLOSE_WAIT|BOUND kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466790: function: xs_reset_transport kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466794: kernel_stack: <stack trace > => ftrace_trampoline (ffffffffc0c3409b) => xs_reset_transport (ffffffffc0814225) => xs_tcp_shutdown (ffffffffc0816b3e) => xprt_autoclose (ffffffffc0811799) => process_one_work (ffffffffa6ae2777) => worker_thread (ffffffffa6ae2d67) => kthread (ffffffffa6ae93e7) => ret_from_fork (ffffffffa6a424f7) => ret_from_fork_asm (ffffffffa6a03aeb) kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466795: handshake_cancel_busy: req=0xffff9e8a43c7d000 sk=0xffff9e8a42e2f1c0 kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466795: rpc_socket_state_change: socket:[59266] srcaddr=192.168.122.166:833 dstaddr=192.168.122.100:2049 state=4 (DISCONNECTING) sk_state=7 (CLOSE) kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466797: rpc_socket_close: socket:[59266] srcaddr=192.168.122.166:833 dstaddr=192.168.122.100:2049 state=4 (DISCONNECTING) sk_state=7 (CLOSE) kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466797: xprt_disconnect_done: peer=[192.168.122.100]:2049 state=LOCKED|BOUND kworker/u8:2-2367 [001] 5405.466798: xprt_release_xprt: task:ffffffff@ffffffff snd_task:ffffffff kworker/u8:7-2407 [000] 5405.466804: bprint: xs_tcp_tls_finish_connecting: xs_tcp_tls_finish_connecting(handshake status=0): sock is NULL!! Do you have any suggestions about how to safely prevent ->close from firing on the lower transport during a TLS handshake? -- Chuck Lever