On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 04:47:52PM -0700, Sage Weil wrote:
> If ceph_fault() is unable to queue work after a delay, it sets the
> BACKOFF connection flag so con_work() will attempt to do so.
> 
> In con_work(), when BACKOFF is set, if queue_delayed_work() doesn't
> result in newly-queued work, it simply ignores this condition and
> proceeds as if no backoff delay were desired.  There are two
> problems with this--one of which is a bug.
> 
> The first problem is simply that the intended behavior is to back
> off, and if we aren't able queue the work item to run after a delay
> we're not doing that.
> 
> The only reason queue_delayed_work() won't queue work is if the
> provided work item is already queued.  In the messenger, this
> means that con_work() is already scheduled to be run again.  So
> if we simply set the BACKOFF flag again when this occurs, we know
> the next con_work() call will again attempt to hold off activity
> on the connection until after the delay.
> 
> The second problem--the bug--is a leak of a reference count.  If
> queue_delayed_work() returns 0 in con_work(), con->ops->put() drops
> the connection reference held on entry to con_work().  However,
> processing is (was) allowed to continue, and at the end of the
> function a second con->ops->put() is called.
> 
> This patch fixes both problems.
> 
> [Upstream commit 588377d6199034c36d335e7df5818b731fea072c)

What stable tree(s) do you want this applied to?

thanks,

greg k-h
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