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authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2010-03-19 15:36:22 -0400
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2010-03-22 05:32:44 -0400
commitc9acb42ef1904d15d0fb315061cefbe638f67f3a (patch)
tree7c94dff168dfc90a279990cb2860cce626ae76a3 /net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
parentcdead7cf12896c0e50a8be2e52de52c364603095 (diff)
SUNRPC: Fix a use after free bug with the NFSv4.1 backchannel
The ->release_request() callback was designed to allow the transport layer to do housekeeping after the RPC call is done. It cannot be used to free the request itself, and doing so leads to a use-after-free bug in xprt_release(). Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c')
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c15
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c b/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
index 13f214f5312..f0c05d3311c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
@@ -37,21 +37,6 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#define RPCDBG_FACILITY RPCDBG_SVCDSP
-void bc_release_request(struct rpc_task *task)
-{
- struct rpc_rqst *req = task->tk_rqstp;
-
- dprintk("RPC: bc_release_request: task= %p\n", task);
-
- /*
- * Release this request only if it's a backchannel
- * preallocated request
- */
- if (!bc_prealloc(req))
- return;
- xprt_free_bc_request(req);
-}
-
/* Empty callback ops */
static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs41_callback_ops = {
};