The patch titled
block: bd_start_claiming fix module refcount
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block-bd_start_claiming-fix-module-refcount.patch
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Subject: block: bd_start_claiming fix module refcount
From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
bd_start_claiming has an unbalanced module_put introduced in 6b4517a79.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/block_dev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN fs/block_dev.c~block-bd_start_claiming-fix-module-refcount fs/block_dev.c
--- a/fs/block_dev.c~block-bd_start_claiming-fix-module-refcount
+++ a/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ static struct block_device *bd_start_cla
return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
whole = bdget_disk(disk, 0);
+ module_put(disk->fops->owner);
put_disk(disk);
if (!whole)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from npiggin@xxxxxxx are
origin.patch
block-bd_start_claiming-fix-module-refcount.patch
block-bd_start_claiming-cleanup.patch
fs-splicec-fix-mapping_gfp_mask-usage.patch
reiser4.patch
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