This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
lockd: update nlm_lookup_file reexport comment
to the 5.10-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:
lockd-update-nlm_lookup_file-reexport-comment.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 00960ca0fc56e6b954071edfb7c4ef238af1e7b8
Author: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Aug 20 17:02:02 2021 -0400
lockd: update nlm_lookup_file reexport comment
[ Upstream commit b661601a9fdf1af8516e1100de8bba84bd41cca4 ]
Update comment to reflect that we *do* allow reexport, whether it's a
good idea or not....
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
index e02951f8a28f5..13e6ffc219ec9 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ nlm_lookup_file(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_file **result,
INIT_HLIST_NODE(&file->f_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->f_blocks);
- /* Open the file. Note that this must not sleep for too long, else
- * we would lock up lockd:-) So no NFS re-exports, folks.
+ /*
+ * Open the file. Note that if we're reexporting, for example,
+ * this could block the lockd thread for a while.
*
* We have to make sure we have the right credential to open
* the file.
