The patch below does not apply to the 3.10-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>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 7c0af9ffb7bb4e5355470fa60b3eb711ddf226fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:54:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] NFSv4: Don't call put_rpccred() under the rcu_read_lock() put_rpccred() can sleep. Fixes: 8f649c3762547 ("NFSv4: Fix the locking in nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation()") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.35+ Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c index a1f0685b42ff..2e37d8315d92 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c +++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c @@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ void nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, clear_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_NEED_RECLAIM, &delegation->flags); spin_unlock(&delegation->lock); - put_rpccred(oldcred); rcu_read_unlock(); + put_rpccred(oldcred); trace_nfs4_reclaim_delegation(inode, res->delegation_type); } else { /* We appear to have raced with a delegation return. */ -- 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