[linux-cifs-client] [PATCH 1/3] [CIFS] don't allow demultiplex thread to exit until kthread_stop is called

[Jeff Layton]

cifs_demultiplex_thread can exit under several conditions:

1) if it's signaled
2) if there's a problem with session setup
3) if kthread_stop is called on it

The first two are problems. If kthread_stop is called on the thread,
there is no guarantee that it will still be up. We need to have the
thread stay up until kthread_stop is called on it.

One option would be to not even try to tear things down until after
kthread_stop is called. However, in the case where there is a problem
setting up the session, there's no real reason to try continuing the
loop.

This patch allows the thread to clean up and prepare for exit under all
three conditions, but it has the thread go to sleep until kthread_stop
is called. This allows us to simplify the shutdown code somewhat since
we can be reasonably sure that the thread won't exit after being
signaled but before kthread_stop is called.

It also removes the places where the thread itself set the tsk variable
since it appeared that it could have a potential race where the thread
might never be shut down.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>
---
 fs/cifs/connect.c |   25 +++++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index e171067..40ffbac 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	int reconnect;
 
 	current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
-	server->tsk = current;	/* save process info to wake at shutdown */
 	cFYI(1, ("Demultiplex PID: %d", task_pid_nr(current)));
 	write_lock(&GlobalSMBSeslock);
 	atomic_inc(&tcpSesAllocCount);
@@ -654,7 +653,6 @@ multi_t2_fnd:
 
 	spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	server->tcpStatus = CifsExiting;
-	server->tsk = NULL;
 	/* check if we have blocked requests that need to free */
 	/* Note that cifs_max_pending is normally 50, but
 	can be set at module install time to as little as two */
@@ -736,6 +734,14 @@ multi_t2_fnd:
 		coming home not much else we can do but free the memory */
 	}
 
+	/* don't exit until kthread_stop is called */
+	set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+		schedule();
+		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	}
+	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
 	write_lock(&GlobalSMBSeslock);
 	atomic_dec(&tcpSesAllocCount);
 	length = tcpSesAllocCount.counter;
@@ -2189,15 +2195,12 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 			srvTcp->tcpStatus = CifsExiting;
 			spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 			if (srvTcp->tsk) {
-				struct task_struct *tsk;
 				/* If we could verify that kthread_stop would
 				   always wake up processes blocked in
 				   tcp in recv_mesg then we could remove the
 				   send_sig call */
 				force_sig(SIGKILL, srvTcp->tsk);
-				tsk = srvTcp->tsk;
-				if (tsk)
-					kthread_stop(tsk);
+				kthread_stop(srvTcp->tsk);
 			}
 		}
 		 /* If find_unc succeeded then rc == 0 so we can not end */
@@ -2213,23 +2216,17 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 					if ((temp_rc == -ESHUTDOWN) &&
 					    (pSesInfo->server) &&
 					    (pSesInfo->server->tsk)) {
-						struct task_struct *tsk;
 						force_sig(SIGKILL,
 							pSesInfo->server->tsk);
-						tsk = pSesInfo->server->tsk;
-						if (tsk)
-							kthread_stop(tsk);
+						kthread_stop(pSesInfo->server->tsk);
 					}
 				} else {
 					cFYI(1, ("No session or bad tcon"));
 					if ((pSesInfo->server) &&
 					    (pSesInfo->server->tsk)) {
-						struct task_struct *tsk;
 						force_sig(SIGKILL,
 							pSesInfo->server->tsk);
-						tsk = pSesInfo->server->tsk;
-						if (tsk)
-							kthread_stop(tsk);
+						kthread_stop(pSesInfo->server->tsk);
 					}
 				}
 				sesInfoFree(pSesInfo);
-- 
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