FAILED: patch "[PATCH] pNFS/flexfiles: If the layout is invalid, it must be updated" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From df3ab232e462bce20710596d697ade6b72497694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 19:49:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] pNFS/flexfiles: If the layout is invalid, it must be updated
 before retrying

If we see that our pNFS READ/WRITE/COMMIT operation failed, but we
also see that our layout segment is no longer valid, then we need to
get a new layout segment before retrying.

Fixes: 90816d1ddacf ("NFSv4.1/flexfiles: Don't mark the entire deviceid...")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2+
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>

diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 7b5f37f5ddf1..78f9a3081127 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1053,9 +1053,6 @@ static int ff_layout_async_handle_error_v4(struct rpc_task *task,
 	struct nfs_client *mds_client = mds_server->nfs_client;
 	struct nfs4_slot_table *tbl = &clp->cl_session->fc_slot_table;
 
-	if (task->tk_status >= 0)
-		return 0;
-
 	switch (task->tk_status) {
 	/* MDS state errors */
 	case -NFS4ERR_DELEG_REVOKED:
@@ -1157,9 +1154,6 @@ static int ff_layout_async_handle_error_v3(struct rpc_task *task,
 {
 	struct nfs4_deviceid_node *devid = FF_LAYOUT_DEVID_NODE(lseg, idx);
 
-	if (task->tk_status >= 0)
-		return 0;
-
 	switch (task->tk_status) {
 	/* File access problems. Don't mark the device as unavailable */
 	case -EACCES:
@@ -1195,6 +1189,13 @@ static int ff_layout_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *task,
 {
 	int vers = clp->cl_nfs_mod->rpc_vers->number;
 
+	if (task->tk_status >= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Handle the case of an invalid layout segment */
+	if (!pnfs_is_valid_lseg(lseg))
+		return -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_PNFS;
+
 	switch (vers) {
 	case 3:
 		return ff_layout_async_handle_error_v3(task, lseg, idx);