Hi Bart, On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 03:23:21PM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote: > So if a driver stops using a (major, minor) number pair and the same device > number is reused before the bdi device has been released the warning > mentioned in the patch description at the start of this thread is triggered. > This patch fixes that race by removing the bdi device from sysfs during the > __scsi_remove_device() call instead of when the bdi device is released. that's why I suggested only releasing the minor number (or rather dev_t) once we release the BDI, similar to what MD and DM do. But what I really wanted to ask for is what your reproducer looks like. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>