As suggested by Jerome Marchand "The code in reset_store get the block device (bdget_disk()) but it does not put it (bdput()) when it's done using it. The usage count is therefore incremented but never decremented." This patch also puts bdput() for all error cases. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Rashika Kheria <rashika.kheria@xxxxxxxxx> --- This revision fixes the following issues of the previous revision- Proper error handling drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c index 012ba15..a1f8b1f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c @@ -652,21 +652,30 @@ static ssize_t reset_store(struct device *dev, return -ENOMEM; /* Do not reset an active device! */ - if (bdev->bd_holders) - return -EBUSY; + if (bdev->bd_holders) { + ret = -EBUSY; + goto out; + } ret = kstrtou16(buf, 10, &do_reset); if (ret) - return ret; + goto out; - if (!do_reset) - return -EINVAL; + if (!do_reset) { + ret = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } /* Make sure all pending I/O is finished */ fsync_bdev(bdev); + bdput(bdev); zram_reset_device(zram, true); return len; + +out: + bdput(bdev); + return ret; } static void __zram_make_request(struct zram *zram, struct bio *bio, int rw) -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html