This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
SUNRPC: ECONNRESET might require a rebind
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
sunrpc-econnreset-might-require-a-rebind.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit d413b479f23492e4bdf8f962d534d66ab25f26f1
Author: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Sep 17 09:06:05 2023 -0400
SUNRPC: ECONNRESET might require a rebind
[ Upstream commit 4b09ca1508a60be30b2e3940264e93d7aeb5c97e ]
If connect() is returning ECONNRESET, it usually means that nothing is
listening on that port. If so, a rebind might be required in order to
obtain the new port on which the RPC service is listening.
Fixes: fd01b2597941 ("SUNRPC: ECONNREFUSED should cause a rebind.")
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 2b803383c7b31..f0bbd6cb4e39b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2157,6 +2157,7 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
task->tk_status = 0;
switch (status) {
case -ECONNREFUSED:
+ case -ECONNRESET:
/* A positive refusal suggests a rebind is needed. */
if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task))
break;
@@ -2165,7 +2166,6 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
goto out_retry;
}
fallthrough;
- case -ECONNRESET:
case -ECONNABORTED:
case -ENETDOWN:
case -ENETUNREACH:
