On Tue, 30 Oct 2012, Greg KH wrote:
> 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?

Sorry- this series is for 3.6.x.  Thanks!

sage
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