SUNRPC: add WARN_ON_ONCE for potential deadlock

[linux-imx.git] / net / sunrpc / clnt.c

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index cdc7564b4512d7f79606bc87fb7726a668a9b9a0..dd2532c10324cd11b67f4d7bda1e427a7e76fbd3 100644 (file)
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -607,6 +607,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_killall_tasks);
  */
 void rpc_shutdown_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
+       /*
+        * To avoid deadlock, never call rpc_shutdown_client from a
+        * workqueue context!
+        */
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER);
+       might_sleep();
+
        dprintk_rcu("RPC:       shutting down %s client for %s\n",
                        clnt->cl_protname,
                        rcu_dereference(clnt->cl_xprt)->servername);