* session caps
  */
 
-/* caller holds s_cap_lock, we drop it */
-static void cleanup_cap_releases(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
-                                struct ceph_mds_session *session)
-       __releases(session->s_cap_lock)
+static void detach_cap_releases(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
+                               struct list_head *target)
 {
-       LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
-       list_splice_init(&session->s_cap_releases, &tmp_list);
+       lockdep_assert_held(&session->s_cap_lock);
+
+       list_splice_init(&session->s_cap_releases, target);
        session->s_num_cap_releases = 0;
-       spin_unlock(&session->s_cap_lock);
+       dout("dispose_cap_releases mds%d\n", session->s_mds);
+}
 
-       dout("cleanup_cap_releases mds%d\n", session->s_mds);
-       while (!list_empty(&tmp_list)) {
+static void dispose_cap_releases(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
+                                struct list_head *dispose)
+{
+       while (!list_empty(dispose)) {
                struct ceph_cap *cap;
                /* zero out the in-progress message */
-               cap = list_first_entry(&tmp_list,
-                                       struct ceph_cap, session_caps);
+               cap = list_first_entry(dispose, struct ceph_cap, session_caps);
                list_del(&cap->session_caps);
                ceph_put_cap(mdsc, cap);
        }
 {
        struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = session->s_mdsc->fsc;
        struct super_block *sb = fsc->sb;
+       LIST_HEAD(dispose);
+
        dout("remove_session_caps on %p\n", session);
        iterate_session_caps(session, remove_session_caps_cb, fsc);
 
        }
 
        // drop cap expires and unlock s_cap_lock
-       cleanup_cap_releases(session->s_mdsc, session);
+       detach_cap_releases(session, &dispose);
 
        BUG_ON(session->s_nr_caps > 0);
        BUG_ON(!list_empty(&session->s_cap_flushing));
+       spin_unlock(&session->s_cap_lock);
+       dispose_cap_releases(session->s_mdsc, &dispose);
 }
 
 /*
        int s_nr_caps;
        struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist;
        struct ceph_reconnect_state recon_state;
+       LIST_HEAD(dispose);
 
        pr_info("mds%d reconnect start\n", mds);
 
         */
        session->s_cap_reconnect = 1;
        /* drop old cap expires; we're about to reestablish that state */
-       cleanup_cap_releases(mdsc, session);
+       detach_cap_releases(session, &dispose);
+       spin_unlock(&session->s_cap_lock);
+       dispose_cap_releases(mdsc, &dispose);
 
        /* trim unused caps to reduce MDS's cache rejoin time */
        if (mdsc->fsc->sb->s_root)