On Mon, 2 May 2005, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> su den 01.05.2005 Klokka 00:02 (-0600) skreiv Zwane Mwaikambo:
> > This bug was first observed in 2.6.11-rc1-mm2 but i couldn't find the
> > exact patch which would unmask it. The work_structs embedded in rpc_xprt
> > are freed in xprt_destroy without waiting for all scheduled work to be
> > completed, resulting in quite a kerfuffle. Since xprt->timer callback can
> > schedule new work, flush the workqueue after killing the timer.
>
> Hi Zwane,
>
> Thanks, I fully agree that this is needed.
>
> Chuck proposed a similar patch to me a couple of days ago, however he
> also pointed out that we need to call cancel_delayed_work() on
> xprt->sock_connect in the same code section in order to avoid trouble
> with the TCP reconnect code causing the same type of race. I've attached
> his mail.
Yes i wasn't sure i had caught all the cases.
Takk!
Zwane
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