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SUNRPC: Avoid deep recursion in rpc_release_client



In cases where an rpc client has a parent hierarchy, then
rpc_free_client may end up calling rpc_release_client() on the
parent, thus recursing back into rpc_free_client. If the hierarchy
is deep enough, then we can get into situations where the stack
simply overflows.

The fix is to have rpc_release_client() loop so that it can take
care of the parent rpc client hierarchy without needing to
recurse.

Reported-by: default avatarJeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Reported-by: default avatarWeston Andros Adamson <dros@netapp.com>
Reported-by: default avatarBruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2C73011F-0939-434C-9E4D-13A1EB1403D7@netapp.com


Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: default avatarTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
parent a6b31d18
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