3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> commit b193d59a4863ea670872d76dc99231ddeb598625 upstream. When we assign a new rpc_client to clp->cl_rpcclient, we need to destroy the old one. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/nfs4state.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c @@ -1877,7 +1877,13 @@ again: status = PTR_ERR(clnt); break; } - clp->cl_rpcclient = clnt; + /* Note: this is safe because we haven't yet marked the + * client as ready, so we are the only user of + * clp->cl_rpcclient + */ + clnt = xchg(&clp->cl_rpcclient, clnt); + rpc_shutdown_client(clnt); + clnt = clp->cl_rpcclient; goto again; case -NFS4ERR_MINOR_VERS_MISMATCH: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html