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Add nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local() interface to fix race with nfsd module unload. Similarly, use RCU around nfs_open_local_fh()'s error path call to nfs_to->nfsd_serv_put(). Holding RCU ensures that NFS will safely _call and return_ from its nfs_to calls into the NFSD functions nfsd_file_put_local() and nfsd_serv_put(). Otherwise, if RCU isn't used then there is a narrow window when NFS's reference for the nfsd_file and nfsd_serv are dropped and the NFSD module could be unloaded, which could result in a crash from the return instruction for either nfs_to->nfsd_file_put_local() or nfs_to->nfsd_serv_put(). Reported-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
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