Move the call to remove_inode_hash to the beginning of delete_partition, as we want to prevent opening a block_device that is about to be removed ASAP. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- block/partitions/core.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c index 49e0496ff23c1e..fa5c707fe0ad2f 100644 --- a/block/partitions/core.c +++ b/block/partitions/core.c @@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ static void delete_partition(struct block_device *part) { lockdep_assert_held(&part->bd_disk->open_mutex); + /* + * Remove the block device from the inode hash, so that it cannot be + * looked up any more even when openers still hold references. + */ + remove_inode_hash(part->bd_inode); + fsync_bdev(part); __invalidate_device(part, true); @@ -274,12 +280,6 @@ static void delete_partition(struct block_device *part) kobject_put(part->bd_holder_dir); device_del(&part->bd_device); - /* - * Remove the block device from the inode hash, so that it cannot be - * looked up any more even when openers still hold references. - */ - remove_inode_hash(part->bd_inode); - put_device(&part->bd_device); } -- 2.39.2