[PATCH 7/9] loop: don't grab a reference to the block device

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The whole device block device won't be removed while the disk is still
alive, so don't bother to grab a reference to it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index f37b9e3d833c..62c5120cf744 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1249,10 +1249,6 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	if (partscan)
 		lo->lo_disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
 
-	/* Grab the block_device to prevent its destruction after we
-	 * put /dev/loopXX inode. Later in __loop_clr_fd() we bdput(bdev).
-	 */
-	bdgrab(bdev);
 	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
 	if (partscan)
 		loop_reread_partitions(lo);
@@ -1332,7 +1328,6 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 	blk_queue_physical_block_size(lo->lo_queue, 512);
 	blk_queue_io_min(lo->lo_queue, 512);
 	if (bdev) {
-		bdput(bdev);
 		invalidate_bdev(bdev);
 		bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->wb_err = 0;
 	}
-- 
2.30.2




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