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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5] kernel: make groups_sort calling a responsibility group_info allocators
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 01:14:20PM -0200, Thiago Rafael Becker wrote:
> In testing, we found that nfsd threads may call set_groups in parallel for
> the same entry cached in auth.unix.gid, racing in the call of groups_sort,
> corrupting the groups for that entry and leading to permission denials for
> the client.
>
> This patch:
> - Make groups_sort globally visible.
> - Move the call to groups_sort to the modifiers of group_info
> - Remove the call to groups_sort from set_groups
>
> Signed-off-by: Thiago Rafael Becker <thiago.becker@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>

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