[PATCH] SUNRPC: Fix autobind on cloned rpc clients

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Tue Mar 24 13:55:20 UTC 2009


From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust at netapp.com>

Bug: #212485, #341783

commit 9a4bd29fe8f6d3f015fe1c8e5450eb62cfebfcc9 upstream

Despite the fact that cloned rpc clients won't have the cl_autobind flag
set, they may still find themselves calling rpcb_getport_async(). For this
to happen, it suffices for a _parent_ rpc_clnt to use autobinding, in which
case any clone may find itself triggering the !xprt_bound() case in
call_bind().

The correct fix for this is to walk back up the tree of cloned rpc clients,
in order to find the parent that 'owns' the transport, either because it
has clnt->cl_autobind set, or because it originally created the
transport...

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust at netapp.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
---
 net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c |   36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index f42433d..201a4ae 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -295,6 +295,28 @@ int rpcb_getport_sync(struct sockaddr_in *sin, __u32 prog,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpcb_getport_sync);
 
+/*
+ * In the case where rpc clients have been cloned, we want to make
+ * sure that we use the program number/version etc of the actual
+ * owner of the xprt. To do so, we walk back up the tree of parents
+ * to find whoever created the transport and/or whoever has the
+ * autobind flag set.
+ */
+static struct rpc_clnt *rpcb_find_transport_owner(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
+{
+	struct rpc_clnt *parent = clnt->cl_parent;
+
+	while (parent != clnt) {
+		if (parent->cl_xprt != clnt->cl_xprt)
+			break;
+		if (clnt->cl_autobind)
+			break;
+		clnt = parent;
+		parent = parent->cl_parent;
+	}
+	return clnt;
+}
+
 /**
  * rpcb_getport_async - obtain the port for a given RPC service on a given host
  * @task: task that is waiting for portmapper request
@@ -304,9 +326,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpcb_getport_sync);
  */
 void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-	struct rpc_clnt *clnt = task->tk_client;
+	struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
 	int bind_version;
-	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = task->tk_xprt;
+	struct rpc_xprt *xprt;
 	struct rpc_clnt	*rpcb_clnt;
 	static struct rpcbind_args *map;
 	struct rpc_task	*child;
@@ -314,13 +336,13 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
 	int status;
 	struct rpcb_info *info;
 
+	clnt = rpcb_find_transport_owner(task->tk_client);
+	xprt = clnt->cl_xprt;
+
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u %s(%s, %u, %u, %d)\n",
 		task->tk_pid, __FUNCTION__,
 		clnt->cl_server, clnt->cl_prog, clnt->cl_vers, xprt->prot);
 
-	/* Autobind on cloned rpc clients is discouraged */
-	BUG_ON(clnt->cl_parent != clnt);
-
 	if (xprt_test_and_set_binding(xprt)) {
 		status = -EAGAIN;	/* tell caller to check again */
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: waiting for another binder\n",
@@ -401,9 +423,9 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
 			task->tk_pid, __FUNCTION__);
 		goto bailout;
 	}
-	rpc_put_task(child);
 
-	task->tk_xprt->stat.bind_count++;
+	xprt->stat.bind_count++;
+	rpc_put_task(child);
 	return;
 
 bailout:
-- 
1.5.4.3





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