This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled smb: client: fix hang in wait_for_response() for negproto 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: smb-client-fix-hang-in-wait_for_response-for-negprot.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 169dc7d3c37753764a156cbfe06dcc30bdddcbc7 Author: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat Aug 31 21:40:28 2024 -0300 smb: client: fix hang in wait_for_response() for negproto [ Upstream commit 7ccc1465465d78e6411b7bd730d06e7435802b5c ] Call cifs_reconnect() to wake up processes waiting on negotiate protocol to handle the case where server abruptly shut down and had no chance to properly close the socket. Simple reproducer: ssh 192.168.2.100 pkill -STOP smbd mount.cifs //192.168.2.100/test /mnt -o ... [never returns] Cc: Rickard Andersson <rickaran@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c index 21b344762d0f8..87ce71b39b771 100644 --- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c @@ -673,6 +673,19 @@ allocate_buffers(struct TCP_Server_Info *server) static bool server_unresponsive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server) { + /* + * If we're in the process of mounting a share or reconnecting a session + * and the server abruptly shut down (e.g. socket wasn't closed, packet + * had been ACK'ed but no SMB response), don't wait longer than 20s to + * negotiate protocol. + */ + spin_lock(&server->srv_lock); + if (server->tcpStatus == CifsInNegotiate && + time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp + 20 * HZ)) { + spin_unlock(&server->srv_lock); + cifs_reconnect(server, false); + return true; + } /* * We need to wait 3 echo intervals to make sure we handle such * situations right: @@ -684,7 +697,6 @@ server_unresponsive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server) * 65s kernel_recvmsg times out, and we see that we haven't gotten * a response in >60s. */ - spin_lock(&server->srv_lock); if ((server->tcpStatus == CifsGood || server->tcpStatus == CifsNeedNegotiate) && (!server->ops->can_echo || server->ops->can_echo(server)) &&