Commit 17d2c0a0 authored by David Howells's avatar David Howells Committed by Trond Myklebust
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NFS: Fix RCU issues in the NFSv4 delegation code

Fix a number of RCU issues in the NFSv4 delegation code.

 (1) delegation->cred doesn't need to be RCU protected as it's essentially an
     invariant refcounted structure.

     By the time we get to nfs_free_delegation(), the delegation is being
     released, so no one else should be attempting to use the saved
     credentials, and they can be cleared.

     However, since the list of delegations could still be under traversal at
     this point by such as nfs_client_return_marked_delegations(), the cred
     should be released in nfs_do_free_delegation() rather than in
     nfs_free_delegation().  Simply using rcu_assign_pointer() to clear it is
     insufficient as that doesn't stop the cred from being destroyed, and nor
     does calling put_rpccred() after call_rcu(), given that the latter is
     asynchronous.

 (2) nfs_detach_delegation_locked() and nfs_inode_set_delegation() should use
     rcu_derefence_protected() because they can only be calle...
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