From: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> Subject: ocfs2: fix unbalanced locking Based on what fails, function can return with nfs_sync_rwlock either locked or unlocked. That can not be right. Always return with lock unlocked on error. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200724124443.GA28164@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 4cd9973f9ff6 ("ocfs2: avoid inode removal while nfsd is accessing it") Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek (CIP) <pavel@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@xxxxxxx> Cc: Gang He <ghe@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c~ocfs2-fix-unbalanced-locking +++ a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c @@ -2871,9 +2871,15 @@ int ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock(struct ocfs2_sup status = ocfs2_cluster_lock(osb, lockres, ex ? LKM_EXMODE : LKM_PRMODE, 0, 0); - if (status < 0) + if (status < 0) { mlog(ML_ERROR, "lock on nfs sync lock failed %d\n", status); + if (ex) + up_write(&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock); + else + up_read(&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock); + } + return status; } _