FAILED: patch "[PATCH] smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 8861fd5180476f45f9e8853db154600469a0284f
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-reply-to '2024042930-undone-willow-c057@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

8861fd518047 ("smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result")
38c8a9a52082 ("smb: move client and server files to common directory fs/smb")
abdb1742a312 ("cifs: get rid of mount options string parsing")
9fd29a5bae6e ("cifs: use fs_context for automounts")
5dd8ce24667a ("cifs: missing directory in MAINTAINERS file")
332019e23a51 ("Merge tag '5.20-rc-smb3-client-fixes-part2' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6")

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 8861fd5180476f45f9e8853db154600469a0284f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:49:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in
 cifs_sync_mid_result

Coverity spotted that the cifs_sync_mid_result function could deadlock

"Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL) lock_order: Calling spin_lock acquires
lock TCP_Server_Info.srv_lock while holding lock TCP_Server_Info.mid_lock"

Addresses-Coverity: 1590401 ("Thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL)")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/transport.c b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
index e1a79e031b28..ddf1a3aafee5 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
@@ -909,12 +909,15 @@ cifs_sync_mid_result(struct mid_q_entry *mid, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 			list_del_init(&mid->qhead);
 			mid->mid_flags |= MID_DELETED;
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&server->mid_lock);
 		cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "%s: invalid mid state mid=%llu state=%d\n",
 			 __func__, mid->mid, mid->mid_state);
 		rc = -EIO;
+		goto sync_mid_done;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&server->mid_lock);
 
+sync_mid_done:
 	release_mid(mid);
 	return rc;
 }