@@ -775,6 +775,17 @@ isert_connect_request(struct rdma_cm_id *cma_id, struct rdma_cm_event *event)
ret = isert_rdma_post_recvl(isert_conn);
if (ret)
goto out_conn_dev;
+ /*
+ * Obtain the second reference now before isert_rdma_accept() to
+ * ensure that any initiator generated REJECT CM event that occurs
+ * asynchronously won't drop the last reference until the error path
+ * in iscsi_target_login_sess_out() does it's ->iscsit_free_conn() ->
+ * isert_free_conn() -> isert_put_conn() -> kref_put().
+ */
+ if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&isert_conn->kref)) {
+ isert_warn("conn %p connect_release is running\n", isert_conn);
+ goto out_conn_dev;
+ }
ret = isert_rdma_accept(isert_conn);
if (ret)
@@ -836,11 +847,6 @@ isert_connected_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cma_id)
isert_info("conn %p\n", isert_conn);
- if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&isert_conn->kref)) {
- isert_warn("conn %p connect_release is running\n", isert_conn);
- return;
- }
-
mutex_lock(&isert_conn->mutex);
if (isert_conn->state != ISER_CONN_FULL_FEATURE)
isert_conn->state = ISER_CONN_UP;