Please try the patch below:
I would also relly help to have a blktsts test case to show your
issue and verify that it is fixed.
diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index e7adaaf1c21927..51071d371863e0 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -645,6 +645,14 @@ static void blkdev_flush_mapping(struct block_device *bdev)
bdev_write_inode(bdev);
}
+static void blkdev_put_whole(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bdev->bd_openers))
+ blkdev_flush_mapping(bdev);
+ if (bdev->bd_disk->fops->release)
+ bdev->bd_disk->fops->release(bdev->bd_disk);
+}
+
static int blkdev_get_whole(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode)
{
struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
@@ -663,20 +671,21 @@ static int blkdev_get_whole(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode)
if (!atomic_read(&bdev->bd_openers))
set_init_blocksize(bdev);
- if (test_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state))
- bdev_disk_changed(disk, false);
atomic_inc(&bdev->bd_openers);
+ if (test_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state)) {
+ /*
+ * Only return scanning errors if we are called from conexts
+ * that explicitly want them, e.g. the BLKRRPART ioctl.
+ */
+ ret = bdev_disk_changed(disk, false);
+ if (ret && (mode & BLK_OPEN_STRICT_SCAN)) {
+ blkdev_put_whole(bdev);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
return 0;
}
-static void blkdev_put_whole(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bdev->bd_openers))
- blkdev_flush_mapping(bdev);
- if (bdev->bd_disk->fops->release)
- bdev->bd_disk->fops->release(bdev->bd_disk);
-}
-
static int blkdev_get_part(struct block_device *part, blk_mode_t mode)
{
struct gendisk *disk = part->bd_disk;
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 0c76137adcaaa5..128f503828cee7 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ static int blkdev_common_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
return -EACCES;
if (bdev_is_partition(bdev))
return -EINVAL;
- return disk_scan_partitions(bdev->bd_disk, mode);
+ return disk_scan_partitions(bdev->bd_disk,
+ mode | BLK_OPEN_STRICT_SCAN);
case BLKTRACESTART:
case BLKTRACESTOP:
case BLKTRACETEARDOWN:
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index f9b87c39cab047..272ce42f297cfe 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ typedef unsigned int __bitwise blk_mode_t;
#define BLK_OPEN_WRITE_IOCTL ((__force blk_mode_t)(1 << 4))
/* open is exclusive wrt all other BLK_OPEN_WRITE opens to the device */
#define BLK_OPEN_RESTRICT_WRITES ((__force blk_mode_t)(1 << 5))
+/* return partition scanning errors */
+#define BLK_OPEN_STRICT_SCAN ((__force blk_mode_t)(1 << 5))
struct gendisk {
/*
