[Devel] RE: [PATCH v2 2/4] NFS: release per-net clients lock before calling PipeFS dentries creation

[David Laight]

>  	spin_lock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
> -	list_for_each_entry(clp, &nn->nfs_client_list, cl_share_link) {
> +	list_for_each_entry_safe(clp, tmp, &nn->nfs_client_list,
cl_share_link) {
>  		if (clp->rpc_ops != &nfs_v4_clientops)
>  			continue;
> +		atomic_inc(&clp->cl_count);
> +		spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
>  		error = __rpc_pipefs_event(clp, event, sb);
> +		nfs_put_client(clp);
>  		if (error)
>  			break;
> +		spin_lock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
>  	return error;

The locking doesn't look right if the loop breaks on error.
(Same applied to patch v2 1/4)

Although list_fo_each_entry_safe() allows the current entry
to be freed, I don't believe it allows the 'next' to be freed.
I doubt there is protection against that happening.

Do you need to use an atomic_inc() for cl_count.
I'd guess the nfs_client_lock is usually held?

	David