__dm_destroy() takes io_barrier SRCU lock (dm_get_live_table) twice which leads to a deadlock. Remove taking lock before holding suspend_lock to prevent a different potential deadlock. Signed-off-by: Corey Wright <undefined@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: e1db66a5fdcc ("dm: fix AB-BA deadlock in __dm_destroy()") Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c index 00c86ff..3955df0 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm.c @@ -2589,7 +2589,6 @@ static void __dm_destroy(struct mapped_device *md, bool wait) might_sleep(); spin_lock(&_minor_lock); - map = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx); idr_replace(&_minor_idr, MINOR_ALLOCED, MINOR(disk_devt(dm_disk(md)))); set_bit(DMF_FREEING, &md->flags); spin_unlock(&_minor_lock); -- 2.1.4