Commit 0da03cab87e6 ("loop: Fix deadlock when calling blkdev_reread_part()") moves blkdev_reread_part() out of the loop_ctl_mutex. However, GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN is set before __blkdev_reread_part(). As a result, __blkdev_reread_part() will fail the check of GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN and will not rescan the loop device to delete all partitions. Below are steps to reproduce the issue: step1 # dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp.raw bs=1M count=100 step2 # losetup -P /dev/loop0 tmp.raw step3 # parted /dev/loop0 mklabel gpt step4 # parted -a none -s /dev/loop0 mkpart primary 64s 1 step5 # losetup -d /dev/loop0 Step5 will not be able to delete /dev/loop0p1 (introduced by step4) and there is below kernel warning message: [ 464.414043] __loop_clr_fd: partition scan of loop0 failed (rc=-22) This patch sets GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN after blkdev_reread_part(). Fixes: 0da03cab87e6 ("loop: Fix deadlock when calling blkdev_reread_part()") Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/loop.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index 7908673..736e55b 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1034,6 +1034,15 @@ loop_init_xfer(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_func_table *xfer, return err; } +static void loop_disable_partscan(struct loop_device *lo) +{ + mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex); + lo->lo_flags = 0; + if (!part_shift) + lo->lo_disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN; + mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex); +} + static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release) { struct file *filp = NULL; @@ -1096,9 +1105,6 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release) partscan = lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN && bdev; lo_number = lo->lo_number; - lo->lo_flags = 0; - if (!part_shift) - lo->lo_disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN; loop_unprepare_queue(lo); out_unlock: mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex); @@ -1121,6 +1127,9 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release) /* Device is gone, no point in returning error */ err = 0; } + + loop_disable_partscan(lo); + /* * Need not hold loop_ctl_mutex to fput backing file. * Calling fput holding loop_ctl_mutex triggers a circular -- 2.7.4