[3.8.y.z extended stable] Patch "SUNRPC: Fix a module reference leak in svc_handle_xprt" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    SUNRPC: Fix a module reference leak in svc_handle_xprt

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.27.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust at primarydata.com>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 14:05:22 -0400
Subject: SUNRPC: Fix a module reference leak in svc_handle_xprt

commit c789102c20bbbdda6831a273e046715be9d6af79 upstream.

If the accept() call fails, we need to put the module reference.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust at primarydata.com>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index ca71056..9088c68 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -723,6 +723,8 @@ static int svc_handle_xprt(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 		newxpt = xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_accept(xprt);
 		if (newxpt)
 			svc_add_new_temp_xprt(serv, newxpt);
+		else
+			module_put(xprt->xpt_class->xcl_owner);
 	} else if (xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_has_wspace(xprt)) {
 		/* XPT_DATA|XPT_DEFERRED case: */
 		dprintk("svc: server %p, pool %u, transport %p, inuse=%d\n",
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