From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> At the time bdev_may_open() is called, module reference is grabbed already, hence module reference should be released if bdev_may_open() failed. This problem is found by code review. Fixes: ed5cc702d311 ("block: Add config option to not allow writing to mounted devices") Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/bdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c index 82fb1688f4c9..86db97b0709e 100644 --- a/block/bdev.c +++ b/block/bdev.c @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ int bdev_open(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, void *holder, goto abort_claiming; ret = -EBUSY; if (!bdev_may_open(bdev, mode)) - goto abort_claiming; + goto put_module; if (bdev_is_partition(bdev)) ret = blkdev_get_part(bdev, mode); else -- 2.39.2