Re: [patch 08/12] NLM: Fix a circular lock dependency in lockd

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On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 22:01 +0200, Roel Kluin wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> 
> @@ -477,10 +479,15 @@ nlmsvc_testlock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, 
>  
>  	if (block == NULL) {
>  		struct file_lock *conf = kzalloc(sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		struct nlm_host	*host;
>  
>  		if (conf == NULL)
>  			return nlm_granted;
> -		block = nlmsvc_create_block(rqstp, file, lock, cookie);
> +		/* Create host handle for callback */
> +		host = nlmsvc_lookup_host(rqstp, lock->caller, lock->len);
> +		if (host == NULL)
> +			return nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;
> +		block = nlmsvc_create_block(rqstp, host, file, lock, cookie);
>  		if (block == NULL) {
>  			kfree(conf);
>  			return nlm_granted;
> 
> To be frankly I don't know what this is about, but shouldn't conf be freed if host == NULL?

Thanks for spotting this!

Greg, should I resend this patch, or would you prefer an incremental
fix?

Cheers
  Trond
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