Use the block_device acquired in dm_get_device for the check instead of doing an extra lookup. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-snap.c | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c index 9c49f53760d066..7832974b73eb03 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c @@ -1241,7 +1241,6 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv) int i; int r = -EINVAL; char *origin_path, *cow_path; - dev_t origin_dev, cow_dev; unsigned int args_used, num_flush_bios = 1; fmode_t origin_mode = FMODE_READ; @@ -1279,24 +1278,21 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv) ti->error = "Cannot get origin device"; goto bad_origin; } - origin_dev = s->origin->bdev->bd_dev; cow_path = argv[0]; argv++; argc--; - cow_dev = dm_get_dev_t(cow_path); - if (cow_dev && cow_dev == origin_dev) { - ti->error = "COW device cannot be the same as origin device"; - r = -EINVAL; - goto bad_cow; - } - r = dm_get_device(ti, cow_path, dm_table_get_mode(ti->table), &s->cow); if (r) { ti->error = "Cannot get COW device"; goto bad_cow; } + if (s->cow->bdev && s->cow->bdev == s->origin->bdev) { + ti->error = "COW device cannot be the same as origin device"; + r = -EINVAL; + goto bad_store; + } r = dm_exception_store_create(ti, argc, argv, s, &args_used, &s->store); if (r) { -- 2.39.2