[PATCH] remove the BKL: remove "BKL auto-drop" assumption from nfs3_rpc_wrapper()

From: Alessio Igor Bogani
Date: Fri Apr 10 2009 - 12:35:29 EST


Fix nfs3_rpc_wrapper()'s "schedule() drops the BKL automatically" assumption,
when schedule_timeout_killable() does not do that it can lock up.

Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index d0cc5ce..d91047c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/nfs_page.h>
#include <linux/lockd/bind.h>
#include <linux/nfs_mount.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>

#include "iostat.h"
#include "internal.h"
@@ -28,11 +29,17 @@ static int
nfs3_rpc_wrapper(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct rpc_message *msg, int flags)
{
int res;
+ int bkl = kernel_locked();
+
do {
res = rpc_call_sync(clnt, msg, flags);
if (res != -EJUKEBOX)
break;
+ if (bkl)
+ unlock_kernel();
schedule_timeout_killable(NFS_JUKEBOX_RETRY_TIME);
+ if (bkl)
+ lock_kernel();
res = -ERESTARTSYS;
} while (!fatal_signal_pending(current));
return res;
--
1.6.0.4

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