Please try the patch below: --- >From 7609266da56160d211662cd2fbe26570aad11b15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:00:11 +0200 Subject: mtd_blkdevs: don't hold del_mtd_blktrans_dev in blktrans_{open,release} There is nothing that this protects against except for slightly reducing the window when new opens can appear just before calling del_gendisk. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c index 44bea3f65060..6b81a1c9ccbe 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c @@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode) if (!dev) return -ERESTARTSYS; /* FIXME: busy loop! -arnd*/ - mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex); mutex_lock(&dev->lock); if (dev->open) @@ -233,7 +232,6 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode) unlock: dev->open++; mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); - mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); blktrans_dev_put(dev); return ret; @@ -244,7 +242,6 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode) module_put(dev->tr->owner); kref_put(&dev->ref, blktrans_dev_release); mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); - mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); blktrans_dev_put(dev); return ret; } @@ -256,7 +253,6 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) if (!dev) return; - mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex); mutex_lock(&dev->lock); if (--dev->open) @@ -272,7 +268,6 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) } unlock: mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); - mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); blktrans_dev_put(dev); } -- 2.30.2