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SubjectRe: Oops in NFSv4 server in 2.6.23.17
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 08:53:03PM +0100, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 03:33:50PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > OK, yes, I think so. Could you confirm whether this fixes it?
>
> I will test it on Monday as I cannot reboot the machine right now.
>
> Just a quick review - isn't the cache_get() call needed also on the line 185 in
> the same file?

Right before the first nfsd_setuser_and_check_port()? I don't believe
so.

The way it works is: the rqst_exp_find() calls bump the reference count
on the export they return to us, as expected; so if we bail out after
that line 185, the exp_put() at "out:" drops that reference, as it
should, making fh_verify a no-op with respect to the reference count.

The only time we need a new reference is when we store that pointer in
the filehandle, around line 233, as that's what creates a long-lived
reference that will outlive the function.

The other cache_get() (in the "just rechecking" case) is there just to
balance out the final exp_put() so every code path can share the same
code at "out:".

I find that a little contorted. So I'll go ahead and submit this small
patch to 2.6.25 and stable now (I have since managed to reproduce what I
believe is your bug, though my symptoms were a little different), and
then submit to 2.6.26 some cleanup which makes this more understandable,
and brings fh_verify() a little closer to the kernel's aesthetic of
small, minimally-indented functions.

That said, I'd definitely still appreciate your confirmation that this
fixes your bug, so thanks for offering to retest that Monday.

--b.

>
> > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
> > index 1eb771d..3e6b3f4 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
> > @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type, int access)
> > fhp->fh_dentry = dentry;
> > fhp->fh_export = exp;
> > nfsd_nr_verified++;
> > + cache_get(&exp->h);
> > } else {
> > /*
> > * just rechecking permissions
> > @@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type, int access)
> > dprintk("nfsd: fh_verify - just checking\n");
> > dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
> > exp = fhp->fh_export;
> > + cache_get(&exp->h);
> > /*
> > * Set user creds for this exportpoint; necessary even
> > * in the "just checking" case because this may be a
> > @@ -252,8 +254,6 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type, int access)
> > if (error)
> > goto out;
> > }
> > - cache_get(&exp->h);
> > -
> >
> > error = nfsd_mode_check(rqstp, dentry->d_inode->i_mode, type);
> > if (error)
>
> --
> Lukáš Hejtmánek
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