A user reported a crash in cifs_demultiplex_thread() caused by an
incorrectly set mid_q_entry->callback() function. It appears that the
callback assignment made in cifs_call_async() was not flushed back to
memory suggesting that a memory barrier was required here. Changing the
code to make sure that the mid_q_entry structure was completely
initialised before it was added to the pending queue fixes the problem.

Signed-off-by: Sachin Prabhu <[email protected]>
---
 fs/cifs/transport.c |   26 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 3097ee5..f25d4ea 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -365,16 +365,14 @@ cifs_setup_async_request(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, 
struct kvec *iov,
        if (mid == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       /* put it on the pending_mid_q */
-       spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-       list_add_tail(&mid->qhead, &server->pending_mid_q);
-       spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-
        rc = cifs_sign_smb2(iov, nvec, server, &mid->sequence_number);
-       if (rc)
-               delete_mid(mid);
+       if (rc) {
+               DeleteMidQEntry(mid);
+               return rc;
+       }
+
        *ret_mid = mid;
-       return rc;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -407,17 +405,21 @@ cifs_call_async(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct 
kvec *iov,
        mid->callback_data = cbdata;
        mid->mid_state = MID_REQUEST_SUBMITTED;
 
+       /* put it on the pending_mid_q */
+       spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
+       list_add_tail(&mid->qhead, &server->pending_mid_q);
+       spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
+
+
        cifs_in_send_inc(server);
        rc = smb_sendv(server, iov, nvec);
        cifs_in_send_dec(server);
        cifs_save_when_sent(mid);
        mutex_unlock(&server->srv_mutex);
 
-       if (rc)
-               goto out_err;
+       if (rc == 0)
+               return 0;
 
-       return rc;
-out_err:
        delete_mid(mid);
        add_credits(server, 1);
        wake_up(&server->request_q);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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