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move_to_close_lru() is currently called with ->st_mutex held. This can lead to a deadlock as move_to_close_lru() waits for sc_count to drop to 2, and some threads holding a reference might be waiting for the mutex. These references will never be dropped so sc_count will never reach 2. There can be no harm in dropping ->st_mutex before move_to_close_lru() because the only place that takes the mutex is nfsd4_lock_ol_stateid(), and it quickly aborts if sc_type is NFS4_CLOSED_STID, which it will be before move_to_close_lru() is called. See also https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/4dd1fe21e11344e5969bb112e954affb@jd.com/T/ where this problem was raised but not successfully resolved. Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> 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 reStructuredText 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.