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net/rds: Fix MR reference counting problem
In rds_free_mr(), it calls rds_destroy_mr(mr) directly. But this defeats the purpose of reference counting and makes MR free handling impossible. It means that holding a reference does not guarantee that it is safe to access some fields. For example, In rds_cmsg_rdma_dest(), it increases the ref count, unlocks and then calls mr->r_trans->sync_mr(). But if rds_free_mr() (and rds_destroy_mr()) is called in between (there is no lock preventing this to happen), r_trans_private is set to NULL, causing a panic. Similar issue is in rds_rdma_unuse(). Reported-by: zerons <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ka-Cheong Poon <[email protected]> Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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