Patch "nfsd: Extend the mutex holding region around in nfsd4_process_open2()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

@@ -3452,6 +3452,10 @@ init_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid
 	struct nfs4_openowner *oo = open->op_openowner;
 	struct nfs4_ol_stateid *retstp = NULL;
 
+	/* We are moving these outside of the spinlocks to avoid the warnings */
+	mutex_init(&stp->st_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&stp->st_mutex);
+
 	spin_lock(&oo->oo_owner.so_client->cl_lock);
 	spin_lock(&fp->fi_lock);
 

@@ -3467,13 +3471,17 @@ init_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid
 	stp->st_access_bmap = 0;
 	stp->st_deny_bmap = 0;
 	stp->st_openstp = NULL;
-	mutex_init(&stp->st_mutex);
 	list_add(&stp->st_perstateowner, &oo->oo_owner.so_stateids);
 	list_add(&stp->st_perfile, &fp->fi_stateids);
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&fp->fi_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&oo->oo_owner.so_client->cl_lock);
+	if (retstp) {
+		mutex_lock(&retstp->st_mutex);
+		/* Not that we need to, just for neatness */
+		mutex_unlock(&stp->st_mutex);
+	}
 	return retstp;
 }
 

@@ -4309,11 +4317,14 @@ nfsd4_process_open2(struct svc_rqst *rqs
 	} else {
 		stp = open->op_stp;
 		open->op_stp = NULL;
+		/*
+		 * init_open_stateid() either returns a locked stateid
+		 * it found, or initializes and locks the new one we passed in
+		 */
 		swapstp = init_open_stateid(stp, fp, open);
 		if (swapstp) {
 			nfs4_put_stid(&stp->st_stid);
 			stp = swapstp;
-			mutex_lock(&stp->st_mutex);
 			status = nfs4_upgrade_open(rqstp, fp, current_fh,
 						stp, open);
 			if (status) {

@@ -4322,7 +4333,6 @@ nfsd4_process_open2(struct svc_rqst *rqs
 			}
 			goto upgrade_out;
 		}
-		mutex_lock(&stp->st_mutex);
 		status = nfs4_get_vfs_file(rqstp, fp, current_fh, stp, open);
 		if (status) {
 			mutex_unlock(&stp->st_mutex);