2 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 822f020fa7f4..1915ffe598e3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -610,11 +610,6 @@ 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",
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index d17a704aaf5f..b4133bd13915 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -934,16 +934,35 @@ struct rpc_task *rpc_new_task(const struct rpc_task_setup *setup_data)
         return task;
 }
 
+/*
+ * rpc_free_task - release rpc task and perform cleanups
+ *
+ * Note that we free up the rpc_task _after_ rpc_release_calldata()
+ * in order to work around a workqueue dependency issue.
+ *
+ * Tejun Heo states:
+ * "Workqueue currently considers two work items to be the same if they're
+ * on the same address and won't execute them concurrently - ie. it
+ * makes a work item which is queued again while being executed wait
+ * for the previous execution to complete.
+ *
+ * If a work function frees the work item, and then waits for an event
+ * which should be performed by another work item and *that* work item
+ * recycles the freed work item, it can create a false dependency loop.
+ * There really is no reliable way to detect this short of verifying
+ * every memory free."
+ *
+ */
 static void rpc_free_task(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-        const struct rpc_call_ops *tk_ops = task->tk_ops;
-        void *calldata = task->tk_calldata;
+        unsigned short tk_flags = task->tk_flags;
+
+        rpc_release_calldata(task->tk_ops, task->tk_calldata);
 
-        if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC) {
+        if (tk_flags & RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC) {
                 dprintk("RPC: %5u freeing task\n", task->tk_pid);
                 mempool_free(task, rpc_task_mempool);
         }
-        rpc_release_calldata(tk_ops, calldata);
 }
 
 static void rpc_async_release(struct work_struct *work)