This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled SUNRPC: Lock the transport layer on shutdown to the 4.2-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-lock-the-transport-layer-on-shutdown.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.2 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 79234c3db6842a3de03817211d891e0c2878f756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:53:24 -0400 Subject: SUNRPC: Lock the transport layer on shutdown From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 79234c3db6842a3de03817211d891e0c2878f756 upstream. Avoid all races with the connect/disconnect handlers by taking the transport lock. Reported-by:"Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/xprt.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c @@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ static void xprt_autoclose(struct work_s clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state); xprt->ops->close(xprt); xprt_release_write(xprt, NULL); + wake_up_bit(&xprt->state, XPRT_LOCKED); } /** @@ -723,6 +724,7 @@ void xprt_unlock_connect(struct rpc_xprt xprt->ops->release_xprt(xprt, NULL); out: spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock); + wake_up_bit(&xprt->state, XPRT_LOCKED); } /** @@ -1394,6 +1396,10 @@ out: static void xprt_destroy(struct rpc_xprt *xprt) { dprintk("RPC: destroying transport %p\n", xprt); + + /* Exclude transport connect/disconnect handlers */ + wait_on_bit_lock(&xprt->state, XPRT_LOCKED, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); + del_timer_sync(&xprt->timer); rpc_xprt_debugfs_unregister(xprt); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.2/nfs41-flexfiles-zero-out-ds-write-wcc.patch queue-4.2/nfs-nfs_set_pgio_error-sometimes-misses-errors.patch queue-4.2/nfs-fix-a-null-pointer-dereference-of-migration-recovery-ops-for-v4.2-client.patch queue-4.2/sunrpc-xs_reset_transport-must-mark-the-connection-as-disconnected.patch queue-4.2/nfs-fix-truncated-client-owner-id-without-proto-type.patch queue-4.2/sunrpc-lock-the-transport-layer-on-shutdown.patch queue-4.2/nfs-don-t-let-the-ctime-override-attribute-barriers.patch queue-4.2/sunrpc-fix-a-thinko-in-xs_connect.patch queue-4.2/nfsv4-don-t-set-setattr-for-o_rdonly-o_excl.patch queue-4.2/nfs41-flexfiles-update-inode-after-write-finishes.patch queue-4.2/nfsv4.1-pnfs-fix-borken-function-_same_data_server_addrs_locked.patch queue-4.2/nfsv4-force-a-post-op-attribute-update-when-holding-a-delegation.patch queue-4.2/nfsv4.1-pnfs-fix-atomicity-of-commit-list-updates.patch queue-4.2/nfsv4.1-flexfiles-fix-a-protocol-error-in-layoutreturn.patch queue-4.2/revert-nfsv4-remove-incorrect-check-in-can_open_delegated.patch queue-4.2/sunrpc-ensure-that-we-wait-for-connections-to-complete-before-retrying.patch queue-4.2/nfsv4.1-fix-a-protocol-issue-with-close-stateids.patch -- 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