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[ Upstream commit b73a2972041bee70eb0cbbb25fa77828c63c916b ] lockd_start_svc() only needs to be called once, just after the svc is created. If the start fails, the svc is discarded too. It thus makes sense to call lockd_start_svc() from lockd_create_svc(). This allows us to remove the test against nlmsvc_rqst at the start of lockd_start_svc() - it must always be NULL. lockd_up() only held an extra reference on the svc until a thread was created - then it dropped it. The thread - and thus the extra reference - will remain until kthread_stop() is called. Now that the thread is created in lockd_create_svc(), the extra reference can be dropped there. So the 'serv' variable is no longer needed in lockd_up(). Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.