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-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/clnt.c7
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/sched.c30
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/xprt.c12
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 822f020fa7f4..507b5e84fbdb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_clone_client);
* rpc_clone_client_set_auth - Clone an RPC client structure and set its auth
*
* @clnt: RPC client whose parameters are copied
- * @auth: security flavor for new client
+ * @flavor: security flavor for new client
*
* Returns a fresh RPC client or an ERR_PTR.
*/
@@ -610,11 +610,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_killall_tasks);
*/
void rpc_shutdown_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
{
- /*
- * To avoid deadlock, never call rpc_shutdown_client from a
- * workqueue context!
- */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER);
might_sleep();
dprintk_rcu("RPC: shutting down %s client for %s\n",
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index d17a704aaf5f..bfa31714581f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -934,16 +934,35 @@ struct rpc_task *rpc_new_task(const struct rpc_task_setup *setup_data)
return task;
}
+/*
+ * rpc_free_task - release rpc task and perform cleanups
+ *
+ * Note that we free up the rpc_task _after_ rpc_release_calldata()
+ * in order to work around a workqueue dependency issue.
+ *
+ * Tejun Heo states:
+ * "Workqueue currently considers two work items to be the same if they're
+ * on the same address and won't execute them concurrently - ie. it
+ * makes a work item which is queued again while being executed wait
+ * for the previous execution to complete.
+ *
+ * If a work function frees the work item, and then waits for an event
+ * which should be performed by another work item and *that* work item
+ * recycles the freed work item, it can create a false dependency loop.
+ * There really is no reliable way to detect this short of verifying
+ * every memory free."
+ *
+ */
static void rpc_free_task(struct rpc_task *task)
{
- const struct rpc_call_ops *tk_ops = task->tk_ops;
- void *calldata = task->tk_calldata;
+ unsigned short tk_flags = task->tk_flags;
+
+ rpc_release_calldata(task->tk_ops, task->tk_calldata);
- if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC) {
+ if (tk_flags & RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC) {
dprintk("RPC: %5u freeing task\n", task->tk_pid);
mempool_free(task, rpc_task_mempool);
}
- rpc_release_calldata(tk_ops, calldata);
}
static void rpc_async_release(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -953,8 +972,7 @@ static void rpc_async_release(struct work_struct *work)
static void rpc_release_resources_task(struct rpc_task *task)
{
- if (task->tk_rqstp)
- xprt_release(task);
+ xprt_release(task);
if (task->tk_msg.rpc_cred) {
put_rpccred(task->tk_msg.rpc_cred);
task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = NULL;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index bd462a532acf..33811db8788a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1136,10 +1136,18 @@ static void xprt_request_init(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
void xprt_release(struct rpc_task *task)
{
struct rpc_xprt *xprt;
- struct rpc_rqst *req;
+ struct rpc_rqst *req = task->tk_rqstp;
- if (!(req = task->tk_rqstp))
+ if (req == NULL) {
+ if (task->tk_client) {
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ xprt = rcu_dereference(task->tk_client->cl_xprt);
+ if (xprt->snd_task == task)
+ xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ }
return;
+ }
xprt = req->rq_xprt;
if (task->tk_ops->rpc_count_stats != NULL)