Re: [PATCH v2 10/10] block: put_device() if device_add() fails

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On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 04:40:45PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 4/19/20 12:45 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > Through code inspection I've found that we don't put_device() if
> > device_add() fails, and this must be done to decrement its refcount.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>

Turns out this is wrong, as bdi needs it still, we have can only remove
it once all users are done, which should be at the disk_release() path.

I've found this while adding the errors paths missing.

  Luis




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