We need to use list_for_each_safe in case a device gets removed from the list during garbage collection. Also make the manpage slightly more informative about what the -g garbage collection option does. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Index: e2fsprogs-1.41/lib/blkid/cache.c =================================================================== --- e2fsprogs-1.41.orig/lib/blkid/cache.c +++ e2fsprogs-1.41/lib/blkid/cache.c @@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ void blkid_put_cache(blkid_cache cache) void blkid_gc_cache(blkid_cache cache) { - struct list_head *p; + struct list_head *p, *pnext; struct stat st; if (!cache) return; - list_for_each(p, &cache->bic_devs) { + list_for_each_safe(p, pnext, &cache->bic_devs) { blkid_dev dev = list_entry(p, struct blkid_struct_dev, bid_devs); if (!p) break; Index: e2fsprogs-1.41/misc/blkid.8.in =================================================================== --- e2fsprogs-1.41.orig/misc/blkid.8.in +++ e2fsprogs-1.41/misc/blkid.8.in @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ scanned but not necessarily available at .IR /dev/null. .TP .B \-g -Perform a garbage collection pass on the blkid cache. +Perform a garbage collection pass on the blkid cache to remove +devices which no longer exist. .TP .B \-h Display a usage message and exit. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html