holder is just an on-stack pointer that can easily be reused by other calls, replace it with a static variable that doesn't change. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- kernel/power/swap.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c index 81aec3b2c60510..b03ff1a33c7f68 100644 --- a/kernel/power/swap.c +++ b/kernel/power/swap.c @@ -1510,6 +1510,8 @@ int swsusp_read(unsigned int *flags_p) return error; } +static void *swsusp_holder; + /** * swsusp_check - Check for swsusp signature in the resume device */ @@ -1517,14 +1519,13 @@ int swsusp_read(unsigned int *flags_p) int swsusp_check(bool snapshot_test) { int error; - void *holder; fmode_t mode = FMODE_READ; if (snapshot_test) mode |= FMODE_EXCL; hib_resume_bdev = blkdev_get_by_dev(swsusp_resume_device, - mode, &holder, NULL); + mode, &swsusp_holder, NULL); if (!IS_ERR(hib_resume_bdev)) { set_blocksize(hib_resume_bdev, PAGE_SIZE); clear_page(swsusp_header); -- 2.39.2