Move the allocation of bd_meta_info after initializing the struct device
to avoid the special bdput error handling path.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
block/partitions/core.c | 17 +++++++----------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 9902b1635b7d..09c58a110a89 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -356,13 +356,6 @@ static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
bdev->bd_start_sect = start;
bdev_set_nr_sectors(bdev, len);
- if (info) {
- err = -ENOMEM;
- bdev->bd_meta_info = kmemdup(info, sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!bdev->bd_meta_info)
- goto out_bdput;
- }
-
pdev = &bdev->bd_device;
dname = dev_name(ddev);
if (isdigit(dname[strlen(dname) - 1]))
@@ -386,6 +379,13 @@ static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
}
pdev->devt = devt;
+ if (info) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ bdev->bd_meta_info = kmemdup(info, sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!bdev->bd_meta_info)
+ goto out_put;
+ }
+
/* delay uevent until 'holders' subdir is created */
dev_set_uevent_suppress(pdev, 1);
err = device_add(pdev);
@@ -415,9 +415,6 @@ static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
kobject_uevent(&pdev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
return bdev;
-out_bdput:
- bdput(bdev);
- return ERR_PTR(err);
out_del:
kobject_put(bdev->bd_holder_dir);
device_del(pdev);
--
2.30.2
