On Thu 26-11-20 14:04:14, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Allocate hd_struct together with struct block_device to pre-load > the lifetime rule changes in preparation of merging the two structures. > > Note that part0 was previously embedded into struct gendisk, but is > a separate allocation now, and already points to the block_device instead > of the hd_struct. The lifetime of struct gendisk is still controlled by > the struct device embedded in the part0 hd_struct. > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Just one comment below. With that fixed feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c > index f397ec9922bd6e..9c7e6730fa6098 100644 > --- a/block/partitions/core.c > +++ b/block/partitions/core.c > @@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group *part_attr_groups[] = { > static void part_release(struct device *dev) > { > struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev); > + > blk_free_devt(dev->devt); > - hd_free_part(p); > - kfree(p); > + bdput(p->bdev); > } I don't think hd_struct holds a reference to block_device, does it? bdev_alloc() now just assigns bdev->bd_part->bdev = bdev... Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel