NFSv4: Fix a potential state manager deadlock when returning delegations
authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:10:17 +0000 (08:10 -0500)
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:10:17 +0000 (08:10 -0500)
commitd18cc1fda25295416a2855d44c2936db01df9eec
tree962ec82ffff2fb49691779039c76976be7d964f0
parentd327cf7449e6fd5cbac784c641770e9366faa386
NFSv4: Fix a potential state manager deadlock when returning delegations

The nfsv4 state manager could potentially deadlock inside
__nfs_inode_return_delegation() if the server reboots, so that the calls to
nfs_msync_inode() end up waiting on state recovery to complete.

Also ensure that if a server reboot or network partition causes us to have
to stop returning delegations, that NFS4CLNT_DELEGRETURN is set so that
the state manager can resume any outstanding delegation returns after it
has dealt with the state recovery situation.

Finally, ensure that the state manager doesn't wait for the DELEGRETURN
call to complete. It doesn't need to, and that too can cause a deadlock.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
fs/nfs/delegation.c
fs/nfs/delegation.h