SUNRPC: Fix a race in rpc_info_open
There is a race between rpc_info_open and rpc_release_client()
in that nothing stops a process from opening the file after
the clnt->cl_kref goes to zero.
Fix this by using atomic_inc_unless_zero()...
Reported-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index 569dc72..85f38a63 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
* The high-level client handle
*/
struct rpc_clnt {
- struct kref cl_kref; /* Number of references */
+ atomic_t cl_count; /* Number of references */
struct list_head cl_clients; /* Global list of clients */
struct list_head cl_tasks; /* List of tasks */
spinlock_t cl_lock; /* spinlock */