On Fri 27-10-17 01:36:14, weiping zhang wrote: > In order to make error handle more cleaner we call bdi_debug_register > before set state to WB_registered, that we can avoid call bdi_unregister > in release_bdi(). > > Signed-off-by: weiping zhang <zhangweiping@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mm/backing-dev.c | 7 ++++++- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c > index e9d6a1ede12b..54396d53f471 100644 > --- a/mm/backing-dev.c > +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c > @@ -893,10 +893,13 @@ int bdi_register_va(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, const char *fmt, va_list args) > if (IS_ERR(dev)) > return PTR_ERR(dev); > > + if (bdi_debug_register(bdi, dev_name(dev))) { > + device_destroy(bdi_class, dev->devt); > + return -ENOMEM; > + } > cgwb_bdi_register(bdi); > bdi->dev = dev; > > - bdi_debug_register(bdi, dev_name(dev)); > set_bit(WB_registered, &bdi->wb.state); > > spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock); > @@ -916,6 +919,8 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, const char *fmt, ...) > va_start(args, fmt); > ret = bdi_register_va(bdi, fmt, args); > va_end(args); > + if (ret) > + bdi_put(bdi); Why do you drop bdi reference here in case of error? We didn't do it previously if bdi_register_va() failed for other reasons... Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR