bdev_evict_inode and bdev_free_inode are also called for the root inode of bdevfs, for which bdev_alloc is never called. Move the zeroing o f struct block_device and the initialization of the bd_bdi field into bdev_alloc_inode to make sure they are initialized for the root inode as well. Fixes: e6cb53827ed6 ("block: initialize struct block_device in bdev_alloc") Reported-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- fs/block_dev.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c index 3e5b02f6606c42..b79ddda11ee317 100644 --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -774,8 +774,11 @@ static struct kmem_cache * bdev_cachep __read_mostly; static struct inode *bdev_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) { struct bdev_inode *ei = kmem_cache_alloc(bdev_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!ei) return NULL; + memset(&ei->bdev, 0, sizeof(ei->bdev)); + ei->bdev.bd_bdi = &noop_backing_dev_info; return &ei->vfs_inode; } @@ -869,14 +872,12 @@ struct block_device *bdev_alloc(struct gendisk *disk, u8 partno) mapping_set_gfp_mask(&inode->i_data, GFP_USER); bdev = I_BDEV(inode); - memset(bdev, 0, sizeof(*bdev)); mutex_init(&bdev->bd_mutex); mutex_init(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex); spin_lock_init(&bdev->bd_size_lock); bdev->bd_disk = disk; bdev->bd_partno = partno; bdev->bd_inode = inode; - bdev->bd_bdi = &noop_backing_dev_info; #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdev->bd_holder_disks); #endif -- 2.29.2