rpc: keep backchannel xprt as long as server connection

Multiple backchannels can share the same tcp connection; from rfc 5661 section
2.10.3.1:

	A connection's association with a session is not exclusive.  A
	connection associated with the channel(s) of one session may be
	simultaneously associated with the channel(s) of other sessions
	including sessions associated with other client IDs.

However, multiple backchannels share a connection, they must all share
the same xid stream (hence the same rpc_xprt); the only way we have to
match replies with calls at the rpc layer is using the xid.

So, keep the rpc_xprt around as long as the connection lasts, in case
we're asked to use the connection as a backchannel again.

Requests to create new backchannel clients over a given server
connection should results in creating new clients that reuse the
existing rpc_xprt.

But to start, just reject attempts to associate multiple rpc_xprt's with
the same underlying bc_xprt.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 173f3b975d4..ab86b7927f8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/stats.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/xprt.h>
 
 #define RPCDBG_FACILITY	RPCDBG_SVCXPRT
 
@@ -128,6 +129,9 @@ static void svc_xprt_free(struct kref *kref)
 	if (test_bit(XPT_CACHE_AUTH, &xprt->xpt_flags))
 		svcauth_unix_info_release(xprt);
 	put_net(xprt->xpt_net);
+	/* See comment on corresponding get in xs_setup_bc_tcp(): */
+	if (xprt->xpt_bc_xprt)
+		xprt_put(xprt->xpt_bc_xprt);
 	xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_free(xprt);
 	module_put(owner);
 }