From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit c3aba897c6e67fa464ec02b1f17911577d619713 upstream. If the inode is being evicted but has to return a layout first, then that too can cause a deadlock in the corner case where the server reboots. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c @@ -9630,15 +9630,20 @@ int nfs4_proc_layoutreturn(struct nfs4_l &task_setup_data.rpc_client, &msg); dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__); + lrp->inode = nfs_igrab_and_active(lrp->args.inode); if (!sync) { - lrp->inode = nfs_igrab_and_active(lrp->args.inode); if (!lrp->inode) { nfs4_layoutreturn_release(lrp); return -EAGAIN; } task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_ASYNC; } - nfs4_init_sequence(&lrp->args.seq_args, &lrp->res.seq_res, 1, 0); + if (!lrp->inode) + nfs4_init_sequence(&lrp->args.seq_args, &lrp->res.seq_res, 1, + 1); + else + nfs4_init_sequence(&lrp->args.seq_args, &lrp->res.seq_res, 1, + 0); task = rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data); if (IS_ERR(task)) return PTR_ERR(task);