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NFS: fix mount/umount race in nlmclnt.

If the last NFSv3 unmount from a given host races with a mount from the
same host, we can destroy an nlm_host that is still in use.

Specifically nlmclnt_lookup_host() can increment h_count on
an nlm_host that nlmclnt_release_host() has just successfully called
refcount_dec_and_test() on.
Once nlmclnt_lookup_host() drops the mutex, nlm_destroy_host_lock()
will be called to destroy the nlmclnt which is now in use again.

The cause of the problem is that the dec_and_test happens outside the
locked region. This is easily fixed by using
refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock().

Fixes: 8ea6ecc8b075 ("lockd: Create client-side nlm_host cache")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (v2.6.38+)
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>

authored by

NeilBrown and committed by
Trond Myklebust
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fs/lockd/host.c
··· 290 290 291 291 WARN_ON_ONCE(host->h_server); 292 292 293 - if (refcount_dec_and_test(&host->h_count)) { 293 + if (refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(&host->h_count, &nlm_host_mutex)) { 294 294 WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&host->h_lockowners)); 295 295 WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&host->h_granted)); 296 296 WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&host->h_reclaim)); 297 297 298 - mutex_lock(&nlm_host_mutex); 299 298 nlm_destroy_host_locked(host); 300 299 mutex_unlock(&nlm_host_mutex); 301 300 }