Make wb->bdi a proper refcounted reference to bdi for all bdi_writeback structures except for the one embedded inside struct backing_dev_info. That will allow us to simplify bdi unregistration. Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- mm/backing-dev.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index fec27da14aea..37cd1adae979 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ static int wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi, memset(wb, 0, sizeof(*wb)); + if (wb != &bdi->wb) + bdi_get(bdi); wb->bdi = bdi; wb->last_old_flush = jiffies; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_dirty); @@ -314,8 +316,10 @@ static int wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi, wb->dirty_sleep = jiffies; wb->congested = wb_congested_get_create(bdi, blkcg_id, gfp); - if (!wb->congested) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!wb->congested) { + err = -ENOMEM; + goto out_put_bdi; + } err = fprop_local_init_percpu(&wb->completions, gfp); if (err) @@ -335,6 +339,9 @@ static int wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi, fprop_local_destroy_percpu(&wb->completions); out_put_cong: wb_congested_put(wb->congested); +out_put_bdi: + if (wb != &bdi->wb) + bdi_put(bdi); return err; } @@ -372,6 +379,8 @@ static void wb_exit(struct bdi_writeback *wb) fprop_local_destroy_percpu(&wb->completions); wb_congested_put(wb->congested); + if (wb != &wb->bdi->wb) + bdi_put(wb->bdi); } #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK -- 2.10.2