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Subject[PATCH 30/61] knfsd: Fix race that can disable NFS server.
-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
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From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>

This is a long standing bug that seems to have only recently become
apparent, presumably due to increasing use of NFS over TCP - many
distros seem to be making it the default.

The SK_CONN bit gets set when a listening socket may be ready
for an accept, just as SK_DATA is set when data may be available.

It is entirely possible for svc_tcp_accept to be called with neither
of these set. It doesn't happen often but there is a small race in
svc_sock_enqueue as SK_CONN and SK_DATA are tested outside the
spin_lock. They could be cleared immediately after the test and
before the lock is gained.

This normally shouldn't be a problem. The sockets are non-blocking so
trying to read() or accept() when ther is nothing to do is not a problem.

However: svc_tcp_recvfrom makes the decision "Should I accept() or
should I read()" based on whether SK_CONN is set or not. This usually
works but is not safe. The decision should be based on whether it is
a TCP_LISTEN socket or a TCP_CONNECTED socket.


Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>

---
net/sunrpc/svcsock.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.18.1.orig/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ linux-2.6.18.1/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ svc_tcp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
return 0;
}

- if (test_bit(SK_CONN, &svsk->sk_flags)) {
+ if (svsk->sk_sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN) {
svc_tcp_accept(svsk);
svc_sock_received(svsk);
return 0;
--
-
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