This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled nfs: fix error handling in lock_and_join_requests to the 3.16-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: nfs-fix-error-handling-in-lock_and_join_requests.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.16 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thu Oct 2 16:49:47 2014 From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:14:42 -0400 Subject: nfs: fix error handling in lock_and_join_requests To: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Weston Andros Adamson <dros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <1410804885-17228-12-git-send-email-trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Weston Andros Adamson <dros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 94970014c46223cbcdfbfc67b89596a412f9e3dd upstream. This fixes handling of errors from nfs_page_group_lock in nfs_lock_and_join_requests. It now releases the inode lock and the reference to the head request. Reported-by: Peng Tao <tao.peng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Weston Andros Adamson <dros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Peng Tao <tao.peng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/write.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/nfs/write.c +++ b/fs/nfs/write.c @@ -455,8 +455,11 @@ try_again: /* lock each request in the page group */ ret = nfs_page_group_lock(head, true); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); + nfs_release_request(head); return ERR_PTR(ret); + } subreq = head; do { /* Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.16/nfs-move-nfs_pgio_data-and-remove-nfs_rw_header.patch queue-3.16/nfs-use-blocking-page_group_lock-in-add_request.patch queue-3.16/nfs-remove-pgio_header-refcount-related-cleanup.patch queue-3.16/pnfs-add-pnfs_put_lseg_async.patch queue-3.16/nfs-can_coalesce_requests-must-enforce-contiguity.patch queue-3.16/nfs-disallow-duplicate-pages-in-pgio-page-vectors.patch queue-3.16/nfs-fix-error-handling-in-lock_and_join_requests.patch queue-3.16/nfs-change-nfs_page_group_lock-argument.patch queue-3.16/nfsv4-nfs4_state_manager-vs.-nfs_server_remove_lists.patch queue-3.16/nfsv4-fix-another-bug-in-the-close-open_downgrade-code.patch queue-3.16/nfs-check-wait_on_bit_lock-err-in-page_group_lock.patch queue-3.16/nfs-don-t-sleep-with-inode-lock-in-lock_and_join_requests.patch queue-3.16/nfs-rename-members-of-nfs_pgio_data.patch queue-3.16/nfs-fix-nonblocking-calls-to-nfs_page_group_lock.patch queue-3.16/nfs-merge-nfs_pgio_data-into-_header.patch queue-3.16/nfs-clear_request_commit-while-holding-i_lock.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