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authorNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2006-10-29 22:46:45 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-10-30 12:08:42 -0800
commitd6740df98e12a8e49ef3a699dcc1e2913f22c51b (patch)
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[PATCH] sunrpc: fix refcounting problems in rpc servers
A recent patch fixed a problem which would occur when the refcount on an auth_domain reached zero. This problem has not been reported in practice despite existing in two major kernel releases because the refcount can never reach zero. This patch fixes the problems that stop the refcount reaching zero. 1/ We were adding to the refcount when inserting in the hash table, but only removing from the hashtable when the refcount reached zero. Obviously it never would. So don't count the implied reference of being in the hash table. 2/ There are two paths on which a socket can be destroyed. One called svcauth_unix_info_release(). The other didn't. So when the other was taken, we can lose a reference to an ip_map which in-turn holds a reference to an auth_domain So unify the exit paths into svc_sock_put. This highlights the fact that svc_delete_socket has slightly odd semantics - it does not drop a reference but probably should. Fixing this need a bit more thought and testing. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/sunrpc/svcauth.c')
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/svcauth.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
index 8f2320aded5c..0004c1f0ef04 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ auth_domain_lookup(char *name, struct auth_domain *new)
return hp;
}
}
- if (new) {
+ if (new)
hlist_add_head(&new->hash, head);
- kref_get(&new->ref);
- }
spin_unlock(&auth_domain_lock);
return new;
}