From: Miklos Szeredi Subject: nfs: infinite loop in fcntl(F_SETLKW) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:51:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: neilb@suse.de, Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com Return-path: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Another infinite loop, this one involving both client and server. Basically what happens is that on the server nlm_fopen() calls nfsd_open() which returns -EACCES, to which nlm_fopen() returns NLM_LCK_DENIED. On the client this will turn into a -EAGAIN (nlm_stat_to_errno()), which in will cause fcntl_setlk() to retry forever. I _think_ the solution is to turn NLM_LCK_DENIED into ENOLCK for blocking locks, as NLM_LCK_BLOCKED is for the contended case. For testing the lock leave NLM_LCK_DENIED as EAGAIN. That still could be misleading, but at least there's no infinite loop in that case. I've minimally tested this patch to verify that it cures the lockup, and that simple blocking locks keep working. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/lockd/clntproc.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) Index: linux/fs/lockd/clntproc.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/lockd/clntproc.c 2008-04-02 13:34:57.000000000 +0200 +++ linux/fs/lockd/clntproc.c 2008-04-10 21:23:46.000000000 +0200 @@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ again: up_read(&host->h_rwsem); } status = nlm_stat_to_errno(resp->status); + /* Don't return EAGAIN, as that would make fcntl_setlk() loop */ + if (status == -EAGAIN) + status = -ENOLCK; out_unblock: nlmclnt_finish_block(block); /* Cancel the blocked request if it is still pending */