On 01/11/2018 03:12 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote: > device_add_disk() will only call bdi_register_owner() if > !GENHD_FL_HIDDEN, so it follows that del_gendisk() should only call > bdi_unregister() if !GENHD_FL_HIDDEN. > > Found with code inspection. bdi_unregister() won't do any harm if > bdi_register_owner() wasn't used but best to avoid the unnecessary > call to bdi_unregister(). > > Fixes: 8ddcd65325 ("block: introduce GENHD_FL_HIDDEN") > Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > block/genhd.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c > index 96a66f671720..00620e01e043 100644 > --- a/block/genhd.c > +++ b/block/genhd.c > @@ -725,7 +725,8 @@ void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk) > * Unregister bdi before releasing device numbers (as they can > * get reused and we'd get clashes in sysfs). > */ > - bdi_unregister(disk->queue->backing_dev_info); > + if (!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN)) > + bdi_unregister(disk->queue->backing_dev_info); > blk_unregister_queue(disk); > } else { > WARN_ON(1); > Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Teamlead Storage & Networking hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel