On 10/16/23 9:27 AM, Christian Brauner wrote: > BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION refuses to delete partitions that still have > openers, i.e., that has an elevated @bdev->bd_openers count. If a device > is claimed by setting @bdev->bd_holder and @bdev->bd_holder_ops > @bdev->bd_openers and @bdev->bd_holders are incremented. > @bdev->bd_openers is effectively guaranteed to be >= @bdev->bd_holders. > So as long as @bdev->bd_openers isn't zero we know that this partition > is still in active use and that there might still be @bdev->bd_holder > and @bdev->bd_holder_ops set. > > The only current example is @fs_holder_ops for filesystems. But that > means bdev_mark_dead() which calls into > bdev->bd_holder_ops->mark_dead::fs_bdev_mark_dead() is a nop. As long as > there's an elevated @bdev->bd_openers count we can't delete the > partition and if there isn't an elevated @bdev->bd_openers count then > there's no @bdev->bd_holder or @bdev->bd_holder_ops. > > So simply open-code what we need to do. This gets rid of one more > instance where we acquire s_umount under @disk->open_mutex. Reviwed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> -- Jens Axboe
