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authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2011-03-15 19:56:30 -0400
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2011-03-17 12:38:41 -0400
commite020c6800c9621a77223bf2c1ff68180e41e8ebf (patch)
tree80e6ede1f189ad1a666fe5ad3c0aa1679b95ac47 /net
parent986d4abbddf9e76184f6cabf66654ea8e61bcde5 (diff)
downloadlinux-e020c6800c9621a77223bf2c1ff68180e41e8ebf.tar.gz
SUNRPC: Ensure we always run the tk_callback before tk_action
This fixes a race in which the task->tk_callback() puts the rpc_task
to sleep, setting a new callback. Under certain circumstances, the current
code may end up executing the task->tk_action before it gets round to the
callback.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/sched.c14
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 5681c6a12d20..2e9387b23841 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -630,14 +630,12 @@ static void __rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
 			save_callback = task->tk_callback;
 			task->tk_callback = NULL;
 			save_callback(task);
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Perform the next FSM step.
-		 * tk_action may be NULL when the task has been killed
-		 * by someone else.
-		 */
-		if (!RPC_IS_QUEUED(task)) {
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Perform the next FSM step.
+			 * tk_action may be NULL when the task has been killed
+			 * by someone else.
+			 */
 			if (task->tk_action == NULL)
 				break;
 			task->tk_action(task);