Re: kernel stable 4.9 - NFSv4 callback processes fills process table

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On 09/18/2017 05:52 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 05:27:00PM +0200, Jan Hudoba wrote:
>> hello,
>> when using nfs with automount (umount every N secs), every mount creates
>> "NFSv4 callback" process. after while these fills process table.
>>
>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2017/05/msg00193.html
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427493
>>
>> i have same problems. listed commits solved them.
>> thanks for including patches.
>>
>> "Aurelien Jarno:"
>>
>> It seems the issues is fixed since 4.12-rc1 by the following set of
>> commts:
>>
>>
>>
>> |  commit ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a
>> |  Author: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> |  Date:   Wed Apr 26 11:55:27 2017 -0400
>> |
>> |      NFSv4: Fix callback server shutdown
>> |
>> |      We want to use kthread_stop() in order to ensure the threads are
>> |      shut down before we tear down the nfs_callback_info in
>> nfs_callback_down.
>> |
>> |      Tested-and-reviewed-by: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx>
>> |      Reported-by: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx>
>> |      Fixes: bb6aeba736ba9 ("NFSv4.x: Switch to using
>> svc_set_num_threads()...")
>> |      Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> |      Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> |
>> |  commit 9e0d87680d689f1758185851c3da6eafb16e71e1
>> |  Author: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> |  Date:   Wed Apr 26 11:55:26 2017 -0400
>> |
>> |      SUNRPC: Refactor svc_set_num_threads()
>> |
>> |      Refactor to separate out the functions of starting and stopping
>> threads
>> |      so that they can be used in other helpers.
>> |
>> |      Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> |      Tested-and-reviewed-by: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx>
>> |      Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> |
>> |  commit df807fffaabde625fa9adb82e3e5b88cdaa5709a
>> |  Author: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@xxxxxxxxx>
>> |  Date:   Thu Apr 27 11:13:38 2017 +0800
>> |
>> |      NFSv4.x/callback: Create the callback service through
>> svc_create_pooled
>> |
>> |      As the comments for svc_set_num_threads() said,
>> |      " Destroying threads relies on the service threads filling in
>> |      rqstp->rq_task, which only the nfs ones do.  Assumes the serv
>> |      has been created using svc_create_pooled()."
>> |
>> |      If creating service through svc_create(), the svc_pool_map_put()
>> |      will be called in svc_destroy(), but the pool map isn't used.
>> |      So that, the reference of pool map will be drop, the next using
>> |      of pool map will get a zero npools.
> 
> 
> Care to cc: the authors/maintainers of these patches to see if they
> agree it should be backported?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

-- 
S pozdravom / Yours sincerely
Ing. Jan Hudoba


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