1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index b300fb840b21..7f0fcfc1fe9d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -521,6 +521,14 @@ out:
 /**
  * nfs4_put_state_owner - Release a nfs4_state_owner
  * @sp: state owner data to release
+ *
+ * Note that we keep released state owners on an LRU
+ * list.
+ * This caches valid state owners so that they can be
+ * reused, to avoid the OPEN_CONFIRM on minor version 0.
+ * It also pins the uniquifier of dropped state owners for
+ * a while, to ensure that those state owner names are
+ * never reused.
  */
 void nfs4_put_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *sp)
 {
@@ -530,15 +538,9 @@ void nfs4_put_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *sp)
         if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&sp->so_count, &clp->cl_lock))
                 return;
 
-        if (!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&sp->so_server_node)) {
-                sp->so_expires = jiffies;
-                list_add_tail(&sp->so_lru, &server->state_owners_lru);
-                spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
-        } else {
-                nfs4_remove_state_owner_locked(sp);
-                spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
-                nfs4_free_state_owner(sp);
-        }
+        sp->so_expires = jiffies;
+        list_add_tail(&sp->so_lru, &server->state_owners_lru);
+        spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
 }
 
 /**