6.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 8861fd5180476f45f9e8853db154600469a0284f upstream.
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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/smb/client/transport.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/fs/smb/client/transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
@@ -931,12 +931,15 @@ cifs_sync_mid_result(struct mid_q_entry
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;
}
