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After commitd202cce896, an expired cache_head can be removed from the cache_detail's hash. However, the expired cache_head may be waiting for a reply from a previously submitted request. Such a cache_head has an increased refcounter and therefore it won't be freed after cache_put(freeme). Because the cache_head was removed from the hash it cannot be found during cache_clean() and can be leaked forever, together with stalled cache_request and other taken resources. In our case we noticed it because an entry in the export cache was holding a reference on a filesystem. Fixesd202cce896("sunrpc: never return expired entries in sunrpc_cache_lookup") Cc: Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org # 2.6.35 Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.